During the 1940s and 1950s, white rubber tappers invading the Wari' lands raided the native villages, shooting and killing their victims as they slept. These massacres prompted the Wari' to initiate a period of intense retaliatory warfare. The national government and religious organizations subsequently intervened, seeking to “pacify” the Indians.
Aparecida VilaÇa was able to interview both Wari' and non-Wari' participants in these encounters, and here she shares their firsthand narratives of the dramatic events. Taking the Wari' perspective as its starting point, Strange Enemies combines a detailed examination of these cross-cultural encounters with analyses of classic ethnological themes such as kinship, shamanism, cannibalism, warfare, and mythology.
| ISBN: | 9780822345732 |
| Publication date: | 19th May 2010 |
| Author: | Aparecida Vilaça |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | The Cultures and Practice of Violence |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas Indigenous peoples Social and cultural anthropology Social and cultural history |
In 1956, in the Brazilian state of RondGnia, a group of Wari' Indians had their first peaceful contact with whites: Protestant missionaries and officers from the national Indian Protection Service. On returning to their villages, the Wari' announced, “We touched their bodies!” Meanwhile the whites reported to their own people that “the region's most warlike tribe has entered the pacification phase!” Initially published in Brazil, Strange Enemies is an ethnographic narrative of the first encounters between these peoples with radically different worldviews.During the 1940s and 1950s, white rubber tappers invading the Wari' lands raided the native villages, shooting and killing their victims as they slept.
Strange Enemies features in the following genres: History of the Americas, Indigenous peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Social and cultural history
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Strange Enemies was written by Aparecida Vilaça and published by Duke University Press
Strange Enemies has 384 pages
Yes it is part of The Cultures and Practice of Violence series