Nurturing the Other - First Contacts and the Making of Christian Bodies in Amazonia (Hardcover)

Combining archival research, oral history and long-term ethnography, this book studies relations between Amerindians and outsiders, such as American missionaries, through a series of contact expeditions that led to the 'pacification' of three native Amazonian groups in Suriname and French Guiana. The author examines and contrasts Amerindian and non-Amerindian views on this process of social transformation through the lens of the body, notions of peacefulness and kinship, as well as native warfare and shamanism. The book addresses questions of change and continuity, and the little explored links between first contacts, capture and native conversion to Christianity in contemporary indigenous Amazonia.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2022
Authors:	Vanessa Grotti
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	212
ISBN-13:	978-1-80073-458-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism
LSN:	1-80073-458-1
Barcode:	9781800734586

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