Mythology, Spirituality, and History Gray Andrew
Mythology, Spirituality, and History Gray Andrew ..". highly topical, well written, intellectually highly interesting, and often avant-garde ... splendid and innovative ethnography ... Since their…
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Mythology, Spirituality, and History Gray Andrew
..". highly topical, well written, intellectually highly interesting, and often avant-garde ... splendid and innovative ethnography ...
Since their first encounters with missionaries in the 1950s, they have shown resilience and a determination to affirm their identity in the face of many difficulties. sophisticated and honest discussions ..." - Joanna Overing, London School of Economics The Arakmbut are an indigenous people who live in the Madre de Dios region of thesoutheastern Peruvian rain forest. During the last fifteen years, Arakmbut survival has been under threat from a goldrush that has attracted hundreds of colonists onto their territories.
This trilogy of books traces the ways in which the Arakmbut overcome the dangers that surround them: their mythology and cultural strength; their social flexibility; and their capacity to incorporate non-indigenous concepts and activities