Amazonian puzzle, the: ethnic positionings and social mobilizations
Auteur :
Boyer Boyer, Véronique
Éditeur :
Berghahn Books
ISBN :
9781805390909
Date de publication :
13 oct. 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Library binding
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
By examining the multiple cultural and ethnic threads that traverse this landscape, The Amazonian Puzzle sets out to show how the category of caboclo (a powerful spiritual entity to some, and to others a despised peasant of mixed ancestry) reveals deep currents of ethnic recompositions, religious interpenetration, and social hierarchy.