Ownership and Nurture

Studies in Native Amazonian Property Relations

Bibliographic Data

ID19906537
EditorsMarc Brightman (0000-0002-6360-8449), Carlos Fausto (0000-0003-0335-259X), Tommaso Montagnani (0000-0002-0617-6643), Vanessa Grotti (0000-0002-2041-2788)
Year2016
Pages284
Publication date2016-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueOwnership and Nurture (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/j.ctvpj7h8p
OpenAlexW3026567275
Open LibraryOL28356767M
ISBN9781785330841
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited6

The first book to address the classic anthropological theme of property through the ethnography of Amazonia, Ownership and Nurture sets new and challenging terms for anthropological debates about the region and about property in general. Property and ownership have special significance and carry specific meanings in Amazonia, which has been portrayed as the antithesis of Western, property-based, civilization. Through carefully constructed studies of land ownership, slavery, shamanism, spirit mastery, aesthetics, and intellectual property, this volume demonstrates that property relations are of central importance in Amazonia, and that the ownership of persons plays an especially significant role in native cosmology

Biology · Business · Nature versus nurture · Sociology · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Genetics · Land Rights and Reforms · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · History · Indians of South America · Land tenure · Material culture · Sociology & anthropology

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