Ethnicity and Culture Amidst New "Neighbors" The Runa of Ecuador's Amazon Region

ISBN-10: 020519821X

ISBN-13: 9780205198214

Edition: 1999

Authors: Theodore MacDonald

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This book provides the reader with a story that has been many years in the making. It is the story of the Runa, a Quichua-speaking Indian population in Ecuador's Amazon region. It offers a window onto another culture, an illustration of the relationship between ethnicity and culture, and a story of the mobilization of an indigenous group. And when the reader arrives at the book's end, he or she will understand why the story is not merely shelved and finished, but is rather an ongoing tale that will continue for years to come. The author has been following the Runa's adaptation to continuous changes around and amongst them since 1974. When he first met the Runa, they were practicing swidden…

Book details

List price: $51.60
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English




Introduction



The Runa



Organizing Society: Land, Kin, and Ritual


Community Territory and Settlement Pattern


Kin Structure and Organization


Ritual among the Runa: The Marriage Ceremony



Understanding the Self and Social Order


Becoming a Runa


Relationship between Runa and Forest Spirits


Ordering Life through Dreams



The Runa and National Society



From Apu to Patron


The Rubber Boom


Eloy Alfaro and the ldquo;Liberal Revolution.rdquo; Runa and Patrons



Colonists, Land Reform, and Cattle: A Case Study


The Settlement of Arajuno


Agrarian Reform and Colonization


Cattle, Changing National Policies, Petroleum, and the Agrarian Reform Laws of 1974



Ethnic Federations: from Moral to Political Economy


Dream Symbolism: Where Are the White People? From Patrons to Colonists


Ethnic Federations in the Ecuadorian Oriente


Agrarian Reform and Colonization



Ethnic Federations and Government Policies


Rethinking Stereotypes


FOIN and Natural Forest Management


1980-1984: The Jaime Roldos/Oswaldo Hurtado Administration


1984-1988: President Leon Febres Cordero: ldquo;Closed Doors.rdquo; Political Opposition, Community-Based Projects, and Increased Auto Linderacion



Indigenous Politics and Conservation


Community Lands


Forest Management


The ldquo;Era of the Projects:rdquo; Napo Runa and Resource Management


1988-1992: The Rodrigo Borja Era



The Politics of Territories


Towards Parity


ldquo;Indiordquo; as Ethnic Marker


Ethnic ldquo;Nationalism.rdquo; Collective Action and Social Movements



Change and Culture


ldquo;Boys Don't Need the Sacha Purina Pistu Any Longer


We Lead a New Life Now.rdquo; Runa Understanding: Public and Private


Runa in the Forest


Runa World View Reconsidered


The ldquo;Modernrdquo; Wedding


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