Strategies for survival :
Elsass, Peter.
Strategies for survival : the psychology of cultural resilience in ethnic minorities / Peter Elsass ; translated by Fran Hopenwasser. - New York : New York University Press, c1992. - xiv, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Translation of: Jorden er vores mor.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index.
Indians. Motilon. The Mission Los Angeles del Tucuco. Schooling and Childrearing. Deculturization and the Murder of a People. Love without Concern. The Mission as an Outpost of Civilization. The History of Tucuco. The Psychology of the Mission. The First Contact. The Indians Imitate the Magic of the Missionaries. The Destruction of the Long Houses: Cementing of the Earthen Floors. A Society of Leisure Becomes a Consumer Society. The Long House as the Microcosm of Indian Culture. The Vulnerability of the Indians: A Collective System without Leaders. The Motilon as a Counterculture. The Indian Leader. A Society of Equality. The Noose. Arhuaco. Rejection of Foreigners. The Ecological Principle: The Earth Is Our Mother. Priesthood and Hierarchy. Restrictions and Punishment. The Greatest Ambition: To Know a Lot. Coca and Alcohol. The Loom and Its Many Interpretations. To Weave Thoughts of Life. Thought Disorders as Survival Mechanisms. The Missionaries Are Thrown Out the Door. The Historical and Political Consciousness of the Indians. In Dialogue with the State. The Reconstruction of Identity. Chemescua. The Road to the Last Village. Poverty and Self-Hatred. The Pattern of Illness: Symptoms of Depression. Man and Woman. The Psychological Point of View: Learned Helplessness. The Anthropological Point of View: "Illness" and "Disease" The Inhabitants' Point of View: Sickness as Social Control. Shamanism as Treatment and Survival. The Journey Goes On. The Survival of the Indians. The Murder of a Culture and a People. Shamanism. Indian Movements: Indianidad. Planned Collectivity or Collective Consciousness. The Right to Self-Determination -- Slaves. Maroons. The Domestic Cattle That Escaped. History. A Village. Individuality, Expressiveness, and Personal Style. Play, Creativity, and Improvisation. Consciousness of History. The Maroons as a Counterculture. The Maroons as the Theater of Survivors. The Floating Islands and the Third Theater. No Survival without Communication. Jonestown. Internal Relations. The Anamnesis: The Story of Jim Jones. The Clinical Impression: An Encounter with Jim Jones. Selection of Members and Isolation. Public Confessions and Punishment. The Break with the Past and the Denial of Feelings. Self-Hatred That Led to Suicide. Apocalypse and Incest. The Psychology of Large Groups. External Relations. The History of the Slaves. The People's Temple as a Substitute for a Left-Wing Movement. Two Kinds of Political Consciousness: Elitist and Popular. Intelligence Activities: CIA. Reaching an Understanding of the Jonestown Trauma. The Anthropology of Violence. The Jungle in Guyana Is Not So Far Away. The Survival of the Slaves. The Past as Weapon. Slaves Who Became Masters. The Psychology of the Slave. Ghettos -- Analysis and Conclusion. The Psychology of Survival. The Matrix of Culture. The Ecological Psyche: "The Earth Is Our Mother" Indian and European Ego Perception. The New Type of Human Being: The Survival Artist. The Heroes of Survival. The Hardy Personality. Normal People Commit Violence. Victim and Victimizer. The Mimesis Myth. Silence as a Presupposition of Terror. A New Understanding. Decolonization. Understanding a Shamanistic Ritual. Order and Wildness. Advocacy. Applied Anthropology. Advocates and Clients. The Film Project. The Advocacy Effect of Two Films. Self-Reflection or Self-Presentation. Authenticity. The Horticulture Project. A "Development" Program. The Problem of Land. Anthropological Advocacy. Representativity. The Need for Unity. Culture and Change. The Concept of Advocacy Reconsidered. Concluding Remarks. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. Pt. 2. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 3. 1. 2.
Why does one society survive, while others perish? When two cultures come into contact, how do exploitation, violence, and terror arise? Peter Elsass has been studying cultures in Columbia and Venezuela since 1973. Interested in the survival of various cultures in the face of encroaching white civilization, Elsass has visited and documented the successes and failures of five separate groups struggling to remain independent. Contrasting the Motilon Indians of the Venezuelan lowlands with the Arhuaco of the mountains of Colombia, Elsass describes how the Motilon became spiritually and economically impoverished after the first encounter with Catholic missionaries, while the Arhuaco, possessing a well-organized, hierarchical society, threw out the missionaries in a dramatic move and established their own independent education system. Elsass also describes the Colombian village, Chemescua, the Maroons (a society emerging from slaves), and even the population of Jonestown before its mass suicide, showing how by taking a stand against foreign influences minority cultures can maintain their cultural integrity. This in-depth study of the psychology of survival also contains a lengthy essay on anthropological advocacy prepared with Kirsten Hastrup. In their investigation into the role of the anthropologist in both representing the lives and pleading the cause of the people whom they study, they provide a starting point for a discussion of how to translate concern about the survival of ethnic minorities into action.
0814721885 : $35.00
91045886
Motilon Indians--Cultural assimilation.
Arhuaco Indians--Cultural assimilation.
Acculturation--South America.
Resilience (Personality trait)--Cross-cultural studies.
Minorities--Psychology.--South America
F2319.2.M6 / E37 1992
305.898/3
Strategies for survival : the psychology of cultural resilience in ethnic minorities / Peter Elsass ; translated by Fran Hopenwasser. - New York : New York University Press, c1992. - xiv, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Translation of: Jorden er vores mor.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index.
Indians. Motilon. The Mission Los Angeles del Tucuco. Schooling and Childrearing. Deculturization and the Murder of a People. Love without Concern. The Mission as an Outpost of Civilization. The History of Tucuco. The Psychology of the Mission. The First Contact. The Indians Imitate the Magic of the Missionaries. The Destruction of the Long Houses: Cementing of the Earthen Floors. A Society of Leisure Becomes a Consumer Society. The Long House as the Microcosm of Indian Culture. The Vulnerability of the Indians: A Collective System without Leaders. The Motilon as a Counterculture. The Indian Leader. A Society of Equality. The Noose. Arhuaco. Rejection of Foreigners. The Ecological Principle: The Earth Is Our Mother. Priesthood and Hierarchy. Restrictions and Punishment. The Greatest Ambition: To Know a Lot. Coca and Alcohol. The Loom and Its Many Interpretations. To Weave Thoughts of Life. Thought Disorders as Survival Mechanisms. The Missionaries Are Thrown Out the Door. The Historical and Political Consciousness of the Indians. In Dialogue with the State. The Reconstruction of Identity. Chemescua. The Road to the Last Village. Poverty and Self-Hatred. The Pattern of Illness: Symptoms of Depression. Man and Woman. The Psychological Point of View: Learned Helplessness. The Anthropological Point of View: "Illness" and "Disease" The Inhabitants' Point of View: Sickness as Social Control. Shamanism as Treatment and Survival. The Journey Goes On. The Survival of the Indians. The Murder of a Culture and a People. Shamanism. Indian Movements: Indianidad. Planned Collectivity or Collective Consciousness. The Right to Self-Determination -- Slaves. Maroons. The Domestic Cattle That Escaped. History. A Village. Individuality, Expressiveness, and Personal Style. Play, Creativity, and Improvisation. Consciousness of History. The Maroons as a Counterculture. The Maroons as the Theater of Survivors. The Floating Islands and the Third Theater. No Survival without Communication. Jonestown. Internal Relations. The Anamnesis: The Story of Jim Jones. The Clinical Impression: An Encounter with Jim Jones. Selection of Members and Isolation. Public Confessions and Punishment. The Break with the Past and the Denial of Feelings. Self-Hatred That Led to Suicide. Apocalypse and Incest. The Psychology of Large Groups. External Relations. The History of the Slaves. The People's Temple as a Substitute for a Left-Wing Movement. Two Kinds of Political Consciousness: Elitist and Popular. Intelligence Activities: CIA. Reaching an Understanding of the Jonestown Trauma. The Anthropology of Violence. The Jungle in Guyana Is Not So Far Away. The Survival of the Slaves. The Past as Weapon. Slaves Who Became Masters. The Psychology of the Slave. Ghettos -- Analysis and Conclusion. The Psychology of Survival. The Matrix of Culture. The Ecological Psyche: "The Earth Is Our Mother" Indian and European Ego Perception. The New Type of Human Being: The Survival Artist. The Heroes of Survival. The Hardy Personality. Normal People Commit Violence. Victim and Victimizer. The Mimesis Myth. Silence as a Presupposition of Terror. A New Understanding. Decolonization. Understanding a Shamanistic Ritual. Order and Wildness. Advocacy. Applied Anthropology. Advocates and Clients. The Film Project. The Advocacy Effect of Two Films. Self-Reflection or Self-Presentation. Authenticity. The Horticulture Project. A "Development" Program. The Problem of Land. Anthropological Advocacy. Representativity. The Need for Unity. Culture and Change. The Concept of Advocacy Reconsidered. Concluding Remarks. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. Pt. 2. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 3. 1. 2.
Why does one society survive, while others perish? When two cultures come into contact, how do exploitation, violence, and terror arise? Peter Elsass has been studying cultures in Columbia and Venezuela since 1973. Interested in the survival of various cultures in the face of encroaching white civilization, Elsass has visited and documented the successes and failures of five separate groups struggling to remain independent. Contrasting the Motilon Indians of the Venezuelan lowlands with the Arhuaco of the mountains of Colombia, Elsass describes how the Motilon became spiritually and economically impoverished after the first encounter with Catholic missionaries, while the Arhuaco, possessing a well-organized, hierarchical society, threw out the missionaries in a dramatic move and established their own independent education system. Elsass also describes the Colombian village, Chemescua, the Maroons (a society emerging from slaves), and even the population of Jonestown before its mass suicide, showing how by taking a stand against foreign influences minority cultures can maintain their cultural integrity. This in-depth study of the psychology of survival also contains a lengthy essay on anthropological advocacy prepared with Kirsten Hastrup. In their investigation into the role of the anthropologist in both representing the lives and pleading the cause of the people whom they study, they provide a starting point for a discussion of how to translate concern about the survival of ethnic minorities into action.
0814721885 : $35.00
91045886
Motilon Indians--Cultural assimilation.
Arhuaco Indians--Cultural assimilation.
Acculturation--South America.
Resilience (Personality trait)--Cross-cultural studies.
Minorities--Psychology.--South America
F2319.2.M6 / E37 1992
305.898/3