Praying and Preying: Christianity in Indigenous Amazonia by Aparecida Vilaca (En

Description: Praying and Preying by Aparecida Vilaca Offers one of the rare anthropological monographs on the Christian experience of contemporary Amazonian indigenous peoples, based on an ethnographic study of the relationship between the Wari, inhabitants of Brazilian Amazonia, and the Evangelical missionaries of the New Tribes Mission. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Praying and Preying offers one of the rare anthropological monographs on the Christian experience of contemporary Amazonian indigenous peoples, based on an ethnographic study of the relationship between the Wari, inhabitants of Brazilian Amazonia, and the Evangelical missionaries of the New Tribes Mission. Vilaça turns to a vast range of historical, ethnographic and mythological material related to both the Wari and missionaries perspectives and the authors own ethnographic field notes from her more than 30-year involvement with the Wari community. Developing a close dialogue between the Melanesian literature, which informs much of the recent work in the Anthropology of Christianity, and the concepts and theories deriving from Amazonian ethnology, in particular the notions of openness to the other, unstable dualism, and perspectivism, the author provides a fine-grained analysis of the equivocations and paradoxes that underlie the translation processes performed by the different agents involved and their implications for the transformation of the native notion of personhood. Flap "This volume is an outstanding model of how ethnography and theory can illuminate each other. Drawing on a sophisticated command of anthropologys central debates and decades of careful research with the Wari, Aparecida Vila Author Biography Aparecida Vilaca is Associate Professor at the Graduate Program in Social Anthropology at the Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She is the author of Strange Enemies, Quem somos nos, and Comendo como gente and coeditor of Native Christians. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 • The New Tribes Mission 2 • Versions versus Bodies: Translations in Contact 3 • The Encounter with the Missionaries 4 • Eating Gods Words: Kinship and Conversion 5 • Praying and Preying 6 • Strange Creator 7 • Christian Ritual Life 8 • Moral Changes 9 • Personhood and Its Translations Conclusion Notes References Index Review "Praying and Preying is a remarkably original and important study." Anthropology Review Database Review Quote " Praying and Preying is a remarkably original and important study." Details ISBN0520289145 Author Aparecida Vilaca Short Title PRAYING & PREYING Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520289145 ISBN-13 9780520289147 Media Book Format Paperback Series Number 19 Year 2016 Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Christianity in Indigenous Amazonia Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States Illustrations 17 black and white, 2 maps UK Release Date 2016-03-29 Publication Date 2016-03-29 AU Release Date 2016-03-29 NZ Release Date 2016-03-29 US Release Date 2016-03-29 Pages 330 Series The Anthropology of Christianity DEWEY 305.898 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159510042;

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