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"Virtanen provides a vivid and encouraging picture of the Machineri Indians of western Brazil, for whom a recent indigenist movement resulted in citizenship, a reserve, and access to new resources in education, health, and trade, all of which require involvement with regional and national governments as well as various nongovernmental agencies . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. All level/libraries." CHOICE
"This engaging and thoughtfully written monograph follows the lives of young members of the Manchineri of Brazilian Amazonia, a people located in the state of Acre (Western Brazil) . . . In sum, this book is a brilliant ethnographic record of a neglected portion of the native population, followed in their pursuit to find, maintain and accommodate their identity as natives while simultaneously adapting to the shifting realities of life in Brazil, dynamically and strategically incorporating into their everyday lives new practical and intellectual resources." - Anthropological Notebooks
"In this ambitious book, Pirjo Kristina Virtanen intertwines her research of indigenous youth in Brazil, the Amazonian principle of sociality, and the politics of ethnicity and identity . . . Overall, the book is a remarkable ethnography that should occupy the bookshelf of any Amazonian scholar. Virtanen has played a pivotal role in opening the door to an imperative discussion of youth and change in the Amazonian context." - Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
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Book Title: Indigenous Youth in Brazilian Amazonia
Book Subtitle: Changing Lived Worlds
Authors: Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137266514
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-26534-0Published: 09 November 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-44311-6Published: 09 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-26651-4Published: 09 November 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 221
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Latin American Culture, Regional and Cultural Studies, Youth Culture