Images of public wealth or the anatomy of well-being in indigenous Amazonia /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015. ©2015
Description:	vi, 226 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Indians of South America -- Amazon River Region -- Economic conditions. Indians of South America -- Amazon River Region -- Social conditions. Wealth -- Amazon River Region. Well-being -- Amazon River Region. Indians of South America -- Economic conditions. Indians of South America -- Social conditions. Wealth. Well-being. Amazon River Region.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10390206

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Varying Form of Title:	Anatomy of well-being in indigenous Amazonia
Other authors / contributors:	Santos-Granero, Fernando, 1955- editor of compilation.
ISBN:	9780816531899 0816531897
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book explores local notions of public wealth in indigenous Amazonia, placing particular importance in how indigenous views of wealth are linked to the creation of strong, productive, and moral individuals and collectivities, providing thought-provoking new approaches to understanding wealth in non-capitalist, kin-based societies"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Images of Public Wealth
I. Health, Vitality, and Euphoria
1. It's Ear-y and Euphoric: Amazonian Music and the Performance of Public Wealth Among the Suyá/Kïsêdjê
2. Biopolitics of Health as Wealth in the Original Risk Society
3. Public Wealth and the Yanesha Struggle for Vitality
II. Land, Money, and Care
4. Amazonian Kichwa Leadership: The Circulation of Wealth and the Ambiguities of Mediation
5. "It Makes Me Sad When They Say We Are Poor. We Are Rich!": Of Wealth and Public Wealth(s) in Indigenous Amazonia
6. Divine Banknote: The Translation of Project Money into Public Wealth
III. Living well
7. Clashing Concepts of the "Good Life": Beauty, Knowledge, and Vision Versus National Wealth in Amazonian Ecuador
Contributors
Index

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