Ebook: Amazon Peasant Societies in a Changing Environment: Political Ecology, Invisibility and Modernity in the Rainforest
- Tags: Social Sciences general, Anthropology, History, Sustainable Development, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Medicine/Public Health general
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Amazonia is never quite what it seems. Despite regular attention in the media and numerous academic studies the Brazilian Amazon is rarely appreciated as a historical place home to a range of different societies. Often left invisible are the families who are making a living from the rivers and forests of the region. Broadly characterizing these people as peasants Amazon Peasant Societies in a Changing Environment seeks to bring together research by anthropologists, historians, political ecologists and biologists.
A new paradigm emerges which helps understand the way in which Amazonian modernity has developed. This book addresses a comprehensive range of questions from the politics of conservation and sustainable development to the organization of women’s work and the diet and health of Amazonian people. Apart from offering an analysis of a neglected aspect of Amazonia this collection represents a unique interdisciplinary exercise on the nature of one of the most beguiling regions of the world.
Amazonia is never quite what it seems. Despite regular attention in the media and numerous academic studies the Brazilian Amazon is rarely appreciated as a historical place home to a range of different societies. Often left invisible are the families who are making a living from the rivers and forests of the region. Broadly characterizing these people as peasants Amazon Peasant Societies in a Changing Environment seeks to bring together research by anthropologists, historians, political ecologists and biologists.
A new paradigm emerges which helps understand the way in which Amazonian modernity has developed. This book addresses a comprehensive range of questions from the politics of conservation and sustainable development to the organization of women’s work and the diet and health of Amazonian people. Apart from offering an analysis of a neglected aspect of Amazonia this collection represents a unique interdisciplinary exercise on the nature of one of the most beguiling regions of the world.
Amazonia is never quite what it seems. Despite regular attention in the media and numerous academic studies the Brazilian Amazon is rarely appreciated as a historical place home to a range of different societies. Often left invisible are the families who are making a living from the rivers and forests of the region. Broadly characterizing these people as peasants Amazon Peasant Societies in a Changing Environment seeks to bring together research by anthropologists, historians, political ecologists and biologists.
A new paradigm emerges which helps understand the way in which Amazonian modernity has developed. This book addresses a comprehensive range of questions from the politics of conservation and sustainable development to the organization of women’s work and the diet and health of Amazonian people. Apart from offering an analysis of a neglected aspect of Amazonia this collection represents a unique interdisciplinary exercise on the nature of one of the most beguiling regions of the world.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Utopias and Dystopias in the Amazonian Social Landscape....Pages 21-32
Landscape Transformation and Language Change: A Case Study in Amazonian Historical Ecology....Pages 33-53
Mixed Indians, Caboclos and Curibocas: Historical Analysis of a Process of Miscegenation; Rio Negro (Brazil), 18th and 19th Centuries....Pages 55-68
‘Sempre Ajeitando’ (Always Adjusting): An Amazonian Way of Being in Time1....Pages 69-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Traditional Peoples: Introduction to the Political Ecology Critique of a Notion....Pages 95-129
The Domestic Economy in Mamiraua, Tefe, Amazonas State....Pages 131-156
Patterns of Resource Use by Caboclo Communities in the Middle-Lower Amazon....Pages 157-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Agriculture Intensification, Economic Identity, and Shared Invisibility in Amazonian Peasantry: Caboclos and Colonists in Comparative Perspective....Pages 181-214
The Use of and Access to Forest Resources: The Caboclos of the Lower Amazon and Their Socio-Cultural Attributes....Pages 215-237
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Women, Gender Relations and Decision-Making in Caboclo Households in the Amazon Estuary....Pages 241-257
‘I Love Flowers’: Home Gardens, Aesthetics and Gender Roles in a Riverine Caboclo Community in the Lower Amazon, Brazil....Pages 259-277
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Bread of the Land: The Invisibility of Manioc in the Amazon....Pages 281-305
Socio-Ecology of Health and Disease: The Effects of Invisibility on the Caboclo Populations of The Amazon....Pages 307-333
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Conclusion....Pages 335-345
Back Matter....Pages 347-358
Amazonia is never quite what it seems. Despite regular attention in the media and numerous academic studies the Brazilian Amazon is rarely appreciated as a historical place home to a range of different societies. Often left invisible are the families who are making a living from the rivers and forests of the region. Broadly characterizing these people as peasants Amazon Peasant Societies in a Changing Environment seeks to bring together research by anthropologists, historians, political ecologists and biologists.
A new paradigm emerges which helps understand the way in which Amazonian modernity has developed. This book addresses a comprehensive range of questions from the politics of conservation and sustainable development to the organization of women’s work and the diet and health of Amazonian people. Apart from offering an analysis of a neglected aspect of Amazonia this collection represents a unique interdisciplinary exercise on the nature of one of the most beguiling regions of the world.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Utopias and Dystopias in the Amazonian Social Landscape....Pages 21-32
Landscape Transformation and Language Change: A Case Study in Amazonian Historical Ecology....Pages 33-53
Mixed Indians, Caboclos and Curibocas: Historical Analysis of a Process of Miscegenation; Rio Negro (Brazil), 18th and 19th Centuries....Pages 55-68
‘Sempre Ajeitando’ (Always Adjusting): An Amazonian Way of Being in Time1....Pages 69-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Traditional Peoples: Introduction to the Political Ecology Critique of a Notion....Pages 95-129
The Domestic Economy in Mamiraua, Tefe, Amazonas State....Pages 131-156
Patterns of Resource Use by Caboclo Communities in the Middle-Lower Amazon....Pages 157-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Agriculture Intensification, Economic Identity, and Shared Invisibility in Amazonian Peasantry: Caboclos and Colonists in Comparative Perspective....Pages 181-214
The Use of and Access to Forest Resources: The Caboclos of the Lower Amazon and Their Socio-Cultural Attributes....Pages 215-237
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Women, Gender Relations and Decision-Making in Caboclo Households in the Amazon Estuary....Pages 241-257
‘I Love Flowers’: Home Gardens, Aesthetics and Gender Roles in a Riverine Caboclo Community in the Lower Amazon, Brazil....Pages 259-277
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Bread of the Land: The Invisibility of Manioc in the Amazon....Pages 281-305
Socio-Ecology of Health and Disease: The Effects of Invisibility on the Caboclo Populations of The Amazon....Pages 307-333
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Conclusion....Pages 335-345
Back Matter....Pages 347-358
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