Vital Diplomacy: The Ritual Everyday on a Dammed River in Amazonia (Ethnography, Theory, Experiment)

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In Brazil, where forest meets savanna, new cities, agribusiness and hydroelectricity plants shape a patchwork with the indigenous territories. Here, agricultural work, fishing, songs, feasts and exchanges occupy the Enawenê-nawê  for eight months of each and every year, right through a season known as Yankwa. Vital Diplomacy specializes in this major ceremonial cycle to shed new light on classic Amazonian themes such as kinship, gender, manioc cultivation and cuisine, members of the family with non-humans and foreigners, and the interplay of myth and observe, exploring how ritual accommodates and diverts the specter of violence by reconciling antagonistic spirits, coordinating social and gender divides, and channelling foreign members of the family and resources.

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