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Strange Enemies Indigenous Agency and Scenes of Encounters in Amazonia

Paperback • 2010 • English

Strange Enemies Indigenous Agency and Scenes of Encounters in Amazonia

By Aparecida Vilaça

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About the book

In 1956, in the Brazilian state of Rondônia, a group of Wari’ Indians had their first peaceful contact with whites: Protestant missionaries and officers from the national Indian Protection Service. On returning to their villages, the Wari’ announced, “We touched their bodies!” Meanwhile the whites reported to their own people that “the region’s most warlike tribe has entered the pacification phase!” Initially published in Brazil, Strange Enemies is an ethnographic narrative of the first encounte...Show more

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ISBN

9780822345732

Publisher

Duke University Press

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Strange Enemies Indigenous Agency and Scenes of Encounters in Amazonia

Format

Paperback

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