Puyo runa : imagery and power in modern Amazonia / Norman E. Whitten, Jr. and Dorothea Scott Whitten.

Author/creator Whitten, Norman E.
Other author Whitten, Dorothea S., 1930-2011.
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxxvi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Canelo Indians--History.
Canelo Indians--Politics and government.
Canelo Indians--Social life and customs.
Puyo (Pastaza, Ecuador)--History.
Puyo (Pastaza, Ecuador)--Social life and customs.
Napo River Valley (Ecuador and Peru)--History.
Napo River Valley (Ecuador and Peru)--Social life and customs.

Contents Puyo runa and nayapi llacta -- Cultural reflexivities, images, and locality -- Empowerment, knowledge, and vision -- Connections : creative expressions of Canelos Quichua women / Dorothea Scott Whitten -- Imagery and the control of power -- Cultural performance -- Aesthetic contours : conjunctures, history, and transformation / Dorothea Scott Whitten and Norman Whitten -- Return of the yumbo / Norman Whitten, Dorothea Scott Whitten, and Alfonso Chango -- Causáunchimi! : processes of empowerment.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-292) and index.
LCCN 2007019534
ISBN9780252032394 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN025203239X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780252074790 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0252074793 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F3722.1.C23 W463 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold