Landscapes of Devils

Informationen zum Autor Gastón R. Gordillo is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He is coauthor of El río y la frontera: movilizaciones aborígenes, obras públicas y mercosur en el Pilcomayo. Klappentext "Gaston R. Gordillo has written a superb book about the complex, contradictory world of the Toba of the Argentinean Chaco. Especially memorable is the manner in which he demonstrates the contextual, shifting nature of the meaning of the various places and spaces, activities and imaginings, figures and fetishes that have made up the Toba world ever since the time of the 'ancient ones.' He unravels the historical experiences and the memories that configure everyday practices in a world beset by devils--and by some of the less enviable effects of an especially avaricious capitalist economy on its contract laborers. While it is situated in a remote part of South America, this is a work of global importance in both its historical and its theoretical reach."--John Comaroff, University of Chicago Zusammenfassung Examines the inscription of historical forces in the senses of place of the Tobas! an indigenous people of the Argentinean Chaco region whose recent history has been torn between exploitation in sugar plantations and relative autonomy in the bush. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 I. The Making of the Bush 1. Landmarks of Memory 15 2. Heaven and Hell 40 3. Places of Violence 53 4. Searching for Our Fathers 70 5. A Kind of Sanctuary 78 6. In the Bush, You Can Do Anything 88 II. Bones in the Cane Fields 7. The Promised Land 103 8. It Seemed Like We Lived There 109 9. The Breath of the Devils 123 10. We Returned Rich 139 11. Dancing, Dancing, Dancing 149 12. We Didn't Go on Strike 158 13. We're Not Going to Die 169 14. The Production of Local Knowledge 183 15. With the Fish, We're Rich 198 16. Journeys to Strange Lands 209 17. Locations of Contentions and Hegemony 223 18. The Other Side 239 Conclusions 253 Glossary 261 Notes 265 References 281 Index 297...

Autorentext
Gastón R. Gordillo is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He is coauthor of El río y la frontera: movilizaciones aborígenes, obras públicas y mercosur en el Pilcomayo.

Klappentext
"Gaston R. Gordillo has written a superb book about the complex, contradictory world of the Toba of the Argentinean Chaco. Especially memorable is the manner in which he demonstrates the contextual, shifting nature of the meaning of the various places and spaces, activities and imaginings, figures and fetishes that have made up the Toba world ever since the time of the 'ancient ones.' He unravels the historical experiences and the memories that configure everyday practices in a world beset by devils--and by some of the less enviable effects of an especially avaricious capitalist economy on its contract laborers. While it is situated in a remote part of South America, this is a work of global importance in both its historical and its theoretical reach."--John Comaroff, University of Chicago

Zusammenfassung
Examines the inscription of historical forces in the senses of place of the Tobas, an indigenous people of the Argentinean Chaco region whose recent history has been torn between exploitation in sugar plantations and relative autonomy in the bush.

Inhalt
List of Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
I. The Making of the Bush
1. Landmarks of Memory 15
2. Heaven and Hell 40
3. Places of Violence 53
4. Searching for Our Fathers 70
5. A Kind of Sanctuary 78
6. “In the Bush, You Can Do Anything” 88
II. Bones in the Cane Fields
7. The Promised Land 103
8. “It Seemed Like We Lived There” 109
9. The Breath of the Devils 123
10. “We Returned Rich” 139
11. “Dancing, Dancing, Dancing” 149
12. “We Didn’t Go on Strike” 158
13. “We’re Not Going to Die” 169
14. The Production of Local Knowledge 183
15. “With the Fish, We’re Rich” 198
16. Journeys to Strange Lands 209
17. Locations of Contentions and Hegemony 223
18. The Other Side 239
Conclusions 253
Glossary 261
Notes 265
References 281
Index 297

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