ISBN:
0822333805
,
0822333910
,
9780822333807
,
9780822333913
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xviii, 304 p.))
,
ill., maps
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Landscapes of devils
DDC:
304.2/089/987
Keywords:
Geographical perception
;
Memory Social aspects
;
Human geography
;
Toba Indians Social life and customs
;
Toba Indians Psychology
;
Chaco (Argentina) History
;
Chaco (Argentina) Social life and customs
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Examines the inscription of historical forces in the senses of place of the Tobas, an indigenous people of the Argentinean Chaco region whose recent history has been torn between exploitation in sugar plantations and relative autonomy in the bush
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I The Making of the Bush; 1. Landmarks of Memory; 2. Heaven and Hell; 3. Places of Violence; 4. Searching for Our Fathers; 5. A Kind of Sanctuary; 6. ''In the Bush, You Can Do Anything''; II Bones in the Cane Fields; 7. The Promised Land; 8. ''It Seemed Like We Lived There''; 9. The Breath of the Devils; 10. ''We Returned Rich''; 11. ''Dancing, Dancing, Dancing''; 12. ''We Didn't Go on Strike''; III Foraging Until the End of the World; 13. ''We're Not Going to Die''; 14. The Production of Local Knowledge
Description / Table of Contents:
15. ''With the Fish,We're Rich''16. Journeys to Strange Lands; 17. Locations of Contention and Hegemony; 18. The Other Side; Conclusions; Glossary; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Description based on print version record
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-296) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822386025
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822386025?locatt=mode:legacy
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