In this Book
- Comparative Arawakan Histories: Rethinking Language Family and Culture Area in Amazonia
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
summary
Before they were largely decimated and dispersed by the effects of European colonization, Arawak-speaking peoples were the most widespread language family in Latin America and the Caribbean, and they were the first people Columbus encountered in the Americas. Comparative Arawakan Histories, in paperback for the first time, examines social structures, political hierarchies, rituals, religious movements, gender relations, and linguistic variations through historical perspectives to document sociocultural diversity across the diffused Arawakan diaspora.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. v-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-22
- Part 1: Languages, Cultures, and Local Histories
- Part 2: Hierarchy, Diaspora, and New Identities
- Part 3: Power, Cultism, and Sacred Landscapes
- References Cited
- pp. 295-326
- Contributors
- pp. 327-330
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252091506
Related ISBN(s)
9780252027581, 9780252073847
MARC Record
OCLC
811409841
Pages
352
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2002