Chronicling Amazon Town
Eight Decades of Research and Engagement in Gurupa, Brazil
Published on 31. July 2024
Book
Hardback
406 pages
978-1-68340-444-6 (ISBN)
Description
A long-term view of continuity and change in a rural Amazonian community
In Chronicling Amazon Town, Richard Pace and Helena Lima bring together the work of researchers from a variety of fields to provide a comprehensive synthesis of local and regional studies in the town of Gurupa in Brazil, ranging from archaeological findings to ethnohistory and sociocultural anthropology.
Building upon and critiquing Charles Wagley's 1955 book Amazon Town, the authors in this volume focus on Gurupa as a crossroad of sociocultural changes in the lower Amazon region. Drawing on continuous research in this location since the publication of Wagley's book, they use a longitudinal approach to examine archaeological, historical, and contemporary cultural patterns, situating their investigations within the greater Amazonian context. These chapters examine topics including race and identity, kinship and marriage, gender roles, migration patterns, and religious and political social movements. They also address challenges facing sustainable development and conservation efforts in the Amazon rainforest, including extractive economies and struggles over land tenure.
Chronicling Amazon Town adds an important long-term historical understanding of Gurupa, documents how community members have related to the surrounding environment and their social categories, and assesses the influence of regional, national, and global processes. This unique book offers an extended view of continuity and change in one of the longest and most fully studied rural communities in the region.
Contributors:Bruno Moraes | Monte Talley | Glenn H. Shepard, Jr. | Gabrielle Botelho | Andre Lima | Barbara Silva | Lucy Dodd | Paul Chilsen | Cristiana Barreto | Richard Pace | Kyle L. Harper | Helena P. Lima | Brian P. Hinote | Lorena Pavao | Ezequiel Barbosa da Silva | Kevin McDaniel | Fabio dos Passos Alho | Cynthia Pace Cisneros | John Ben Soileau | DR Nigel J.H. Smith | Dr, Andrew R. Wyatt | Robson Lopes | Cassia Luzia Lobato Benathar | Matthew Abel | Christine Printz | Fernando Luiz Tavares Marques | Morgan J. Schmidt | Pedro Alves Vieira
In Chronicling Amazon Town, Richard Pace and Helena Lima bring together the work of researchers from a variety of fields to provide a comprehensive synthesis of local and regional studies in the town of Gurupa in Brazil, ranging from archaeological findings to ethnohistory and sociocultural anthropology.
Building upon and critiquing Charles Wagley's 1955 book Amazon Town, the authors in this volume focus on Gurupa as a crossroad of sociocultural changes in the lower Amazon region. Drawing on continuous research in this location since the publication of Wagley's book, they use a longitudinal approach to examine archaeological, historical, and contemporary cultural patterns, situating their investigations within the greater Amazonian context. These chapters examine topics including race and identity, kinship and marriage, gender roles, migration patterns, and religious and political social movements. They also address challenges facing sustainable development and conservation efforts in the Amazon rainforest, including extractive economies and struggles over land tenure.
Chronicling Amazon Town adds an important long-term historical understanding of Gurupa, documents how community members have related to the surrounding environment and their social categories, and assesses the influence of regional, national, and global processes. This unique book offers an extended view of continuity and change in one of the longest and most fully studied rural communities in the region.
Contributors:Bruno Moraes | Monte Talley | Glenn H. Shepard, Jr. | Gabrielle Botelho | Andre Lima | Barbara Silva | Lucy Dodd | Paul Chilsen | Cristiana Barreto | Richard Pace | Kyle L. Harper | Helena P. Lima | Brian P. Hinote | Lorena Pavao | Ezequiel Barbosa da Silva | Kevin McDaniel | Fabio dos Passos Alho | Cynthia Pace Cisneros | John Ben Soileau | DR Nigel J.H. Smith | Dr, Andrew R. Wyatt | Robson Lopes | Cassia Luzia Lobato Benathar | Matthew Abel | Christine Printz | Fernando Luiz Tavares Marques | Morgan J. Schmidt | Pedro Alves Vieira
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Language
English
Place of publication
Florida
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
44 b&w illus., 17 tables
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
772 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68340-444-6 (9781683404446)
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Richard Pace | Helena P. Lima
Chronicling Amazon Town
Eight Decades of Research and Engagement in Gurupá, Brazil
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07/2024
1st Edition
University of Florida Press
€68.49
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Persons
Richard Pace, professor of sociology and anthropology at Middle Tennessee State University, is coauthor of Amazon Town TV: An Audience Ethnography in Gurupa, Brazil.
Helena Lima, senior lecturer for the graduate program in sociocultural diversity and curator of the archaeological collection at the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Museum in Belem, Brazil, is coauthor of Koriabo: From the Caribbean Sea to the Amazon River.
Helena Lima, senior lecturer for the graduate program in sociocultural diversity and curator of the archaeological collection at the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Museum in Belem, Brazil, is coauthor of Koriabo: From the Caribbean Sea to the Amazon River.