Resistance in an Amazonian Community

Huaorani Organizing against the Global Economy

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Social Science, Business & Finance
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Author: Lawrence Ziegler-Otero ISBN: 9781782382034
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: July 1, 2004
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author: Lawrence Ziegler-Otero
ISBN: 9781782382034
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: July 1, 2004
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

Like many other indigenous groups, the Huaorani of eastern Ecuador are facing many challenges as they attempt to confront the globalization of capitalism in the 21st century. In 1991, they formed a political organization as a direct response to the growing threat to Huaorani territory posed by oil exploitation, colonization, and other pressures. The author explores the structures and practices of the organization, as well as the contradictions created by the imposition of an alien and hierarchical organizational form on a traditionally egalitarian society. This study has broad implications for those who work toward "cultural survival" or try to "save the rainforest."

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Like many other indigenous groups, the Huaorani of eastern Ecuador are facing many challenges as they attempt to confront the globalization of capitalism in the 21st century. In 1991, they formed a political organization as a direct response to the growing threat to Huaorani territory posed by oil exploitation, colonization, and other pressures. The author explores the structures and practices of the organization, as well as the contradictions created by the imposition of an alien and hierarchical organizational form on a traditionally egalitarian society. This study has broad implications for those who work toward "cultural survival" or try to "save the rainforest."

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