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Resistance in an Amazonian Community: Huaorani Organizing against the Global Economy: Huaoroni Organizing Against the Global Economy
Lawrence Ziegler-Otero
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Hardcover. In 1991 the Huaorani people of eastern Ecuador followed the lead of other indigenous populations and formed a political organization to confront threats to their territory and autonomy posed by oil companies, missionaries, and state agencies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JFFS; JHMC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Like many other indigenous groups, the Huaorani of eastern Ecuador are facing many challenges as they attempt to confront the globalization of capitalism in the 21st century. In 1991, they formed a political organization as a direct response to the growing threat to Huaorani territory posed by oil exploitation, colonization, and other pressures. The author explores the structures and practices of the organization, as well as the contradictions created by the imposition of an alien and hierarchical organizational form on a traditionally egalitarian society. This study has broad implications for those who work toward "cultural survival" or try to ... Read more
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Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Herndon, United States
ISBN
9781571814487
SKU
V9781571814487
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99-15
About Lawrence Ziegler-Otero
A native of Pennsylvania, Lawrence Ziegler-Otero teaches in the Department of Anthropology at SUNY Plattsburgh. After a "first career" as a trade union organizer in the United States, he became an anthroplogist in order to study political, labor and indigenous organizations. He has also lived and worked in Ecuador and Puerto Rico.
Reviews for Resistance in an Amazonian Community: Huaorani Organizing against the Global Economy: Huaoroni Organizing Against the Global Economy
“…excellent ethnography…this work provides an interesting and important account of one indigenous people’s political struggles in contemporary Amazonia.” · Journal of Latin American Studies "... a good book ... clearly written ... that raises a number of important general issues relevant to the contemporary political, cultural and economic struggles of indigenous peoples of the Amazon and elsewhere." · Terence Turner, Cornell ... Read more