Amazonian Geographies: Emerging Identities and Landscapes

Synopsis

Amazonia exists in our imagination as well as on the ground. It is a mysterious and powerful construct in our psyches yet shares multiple (trans)national borders and diverse ecological and cultural landscapes. It is often presented as a seemingly homogeneous place: a lush tropical jungle teeming with exotic wildlife and plant diversity, as well as the various indigenous populations that inhabit the region. Yet, since Conquest, Amazonia has been linked to the global market and, after a long and varied history of colonization and development projects, Amazonia is peopled by many distinct cultural groups who remain largely invisible to the outside world despite their increasing integration into global markets and global politics. Millions of rubber tappers, neo-native groups, peasants, river dwellers, and urban residents continue to shape and re-shape the cultural landscape as they adapt their livelihood practices and political strategies in response to changing markets and shifting linkages with political and economic actors at local, regional, national, and international levels.This book explores the diversity of changing identities and cultural landscapes emerging in different corners of this rapidly changing region.This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Cultural Geography.

Copyright:

2012

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

240 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781317982968

Related ISBNs:

9781317982951, 9781317982975, 9780415600538, 9781315873848, 9781138798342

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

01/25/24

Copyrighted By:

JCG Press, Oklahoma State University

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Earth Sciences

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Jacqueline Vadjunec

Edited by:

Marianne Schmink