Creativity and Control

Property in Guianese Amazonia

Bibliographic Data

ID2632884
AuthorsMarc Brightman (0000-0002-6360-8449, University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume96
Issue1
Pages135-167
Publication date2010-06-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal de la Société des Américanistes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-9174 • E-ISSN: 1957-7842
PublisherSociety of Americanists (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/jsa.11303
OpenAlexW1573919838
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited25

Creativity and Control: Property in Guianese Amazonia. This article introduces the anthropology of property relations to indigenous Amazonia, where property has long been assumed to be absent, and shows that focusing on Amazonian forms of property can lead to greater understanding of native practices and institutions. The article begins by showing that the Trio, Wayana and Akuriyo of southern Suriname have a wide range of practices and values which can usefully be understood in terms of property. This provides the basis for a discussion of the analytical importance of the anthropology of property for Amazonia, followed by a consideration of the place of Amazonian forms of property in the context of anthropological theory

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