Theorizing Relations in Indigenous South America Robert J. Sharer

Theorizing Relations in Indigenous South America Robert J. SharerWhether invented, discovered, implicit, or directly addressed, relations remain the main focus of most anthropological inquiries. These relations, once conceptualized in ethnographic fieldwork as self evident connections between discrete social units, have been increasingly explored through local ontological theories. This collected volume explores how ethnographies of indigenous South America have helped to inspire this analytic shift, demonstrating

rather than obstacles to achieving the universal

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allowing him to retire to a cottage and to live comfortably for the first time in his life

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oil palm was a semi-wild crop which had not been subjected to breeding efforts

not just health care

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given in 1867

It strongly retains its double meaning as violation and revelation

Gilman sought to write a work of nonfiction that explained the role of the home as a human institution