People of Substance : : An Ethnography of Morality in the Colombian Amazon / / Carlos Londono-Sulkin.

People of Substance is a lively, accessible ethnography of a complex indigenous group of people of the Colombian Amazon who call themselves ‘People of the Center. ’ Carlos David Londoño Sulkin examines this group's understandings and practices relating to selfhood, social organization, live...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]
©2012
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 5 photos; 1 map; 1 figure; 1 table
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Muinane Language
  • Introduction: People of the Centre
  • 1 The Constitution of the Moral Self
  • 2 Reflecting on Evil and Responsibility
  • 3 Agency and Transformation
  • 4 The Substances of Humanity
  • 5 Virtuous Relationships and Social Organization
  • 6 Shaped and Historical Moralities
  • Appendix: Kinship Terminology
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index