Creating dialogues: indigenous perceptions and forms of leadership in Amazonia

Veber, Hanne, editorVirtanen, Pirjo Kristiina, editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2017-09-252017-09-252017https://hdl.handle.net/10217/184085Includes bibliographical references and index.Discusses contemporary forms of leadership in Amazonian indigenous groups. Examines the creation of indigenous leaders as political subjects in the context of contemporary state policies of democratization and exploitation of natural resources, and addresses issues of resilience and adaptation at the level of local community politic.--Provided by publisher."Becoming Funai": a Kanamari transformation / Luiz Costa -- Variabilities of indigenous leadership: Ashéninka notions of headship in Peru's Selva Central / Hanne Veber -- The rise of the egalityrant (egalitarian tyrant) in Peruvian Amazonia: headpeople in the time of the Comunidad Nativa / Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti -- Guarani cosmopolitics and the world of paper / Valéria Macedo -- Political crisis and cultural revitalization: the "Young Kaypo Movement (Movimento Mebengokre Nyre) among the Mentuktire Kayapo / Terence Turner -- "All together": leadership and community among the Ashaninka (Brazilian Amazon) / José Pimenta -- Leadership in movement: indigenous political participation in the Peruvian Amazon / Jean-Pierre Chaumeil -- Gender and political leadership: indigenous women organizations in the Peruvian Amazon region / Oscar Espinosa -- "The Colonos come in like termites to take our land": a study of indigenous leadership, women representatives and conflict in the Bolivian Amazon / Esther Lopez -- "All this is part of my movement": Amazonian indigenous ways of incorporating urban knowledge in state politics / Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen -- Shifting leadership legitimation: from heredity to election among the Kali'na (French Guiana) / Gérard Collomb.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Indians of South America -- Amazon River Valley -- Politics and governmentCommunity leadership -- Amazon River ValleyPolitical leadership -- Amazon River ValleyCreating dialogues: indigenous perceptions and forms of leadership in AmazoniaTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.