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Sanctuary and Asylum

A Social and Political History

By: Linda Rabben

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Sanctuary and Asylum

A Social and Political History

By: Linda Rabben

The practice of sanctuary—giving refuge to the threatened, vulnerable stranger—may be universal among humans. From primate populations to ancient religious traditions to the modern legal institution of asylum, anthropologist Linda Rabben explores the long history of sanctuary and analyzes modern asylum policies in North America, Europe, and elsewhere, contrasting them with the role that courageous individuals and organizations have played in offering refuge to survivors of torture, persecution, and discrimination. Rabben gives close attention to the mid-2010s refugee crisis in Europe and to Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States. This wide-ranging, timely, and carefully documented account draws on Rabben’s experiences as a human rights advocate as well as her training as an anthropologist. Sanctuary and Asylum will help citizens, professionals, and policy makers take informed and compassionate action. A Capell Family Book

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University of Washington Press

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0295999144

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Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization

The Yanomami and the Kayapo

By: Linda Rabben

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Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization

The Yanomami and the Kayapo

By: Linda Rabben

The Yanomami and Kayapó, two indigenous groups of the Amazon rainforest, have become internationally known through their dramatic and highly publicized encounters with “civilization.” Both groups struggle to transcend internal divisions, preserve their traditional culture, and defend their land from depredation, while seeking to benefit from the outside world, yet their prospects for the future seem very different. Placing each group in its historical context, Linda Rabben examines the relationship of the Kayapó and Yanomami to Brazilian society and the wider world. She combines academic research with a wide variety of sources, including celebrated leaders Paulinho Payakan and Davi Kopenawa, to assess how each group has responded to outside incursions. This book is a substantially revised edition of Unnatural Selection: The Yanomami, the Kayapó, and the Onslaught of Civilization, originally published in 1998, and includes a new chapter examining the controversy for anthropologists studying the Yanomami following the publication of Patrick Tierney’s book Darkness in El Dorado. Another new chapter focuses on the resurgence of Northeastern indigenous groups previously thought extinct. The magnitude and significance of indigenous movements has increased greatly, and a new generation of Brazilian indigenous leaders, proficient in Portuguese, is participating in the national political arena. Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2005

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Sanctuary and Asylum

A Social and Political History

By: Linda Rabben

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Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes

Struggle for Justice in the Amazon

By: Gomercindo Rodrigues,Linda Rabben

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Struggle for Justice in the Amazon

By: Gomercindo Rodrigues,Linda Rabben

A close associate of Chico Mendes, Gomercindo Rodrigues witnessed the struggle between Brazil's rubber tappers and local ranchers—a struggle that led to the murder of Mendes. Rodrigues's memoir of his years with Mendes has never before been translated into English from the Portuguese. Now, Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes makes this important work available to new audiences, capturing the events and trends that shaped the lives of both men and the fragile system of public security and justice within which they lived and worked. In a rare primary account of the celebrated labor organizer, Rodrigues chronicles Mendes's innovative proposals as the Amazon faced wholesale deforestation. As a labor unionist and an environmentalist, Mendes believed that rain forests could be preserved without ruining the lives of workers, and that destroying forests to make way for cattle pastures threatened humanity in the long run. Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes also brings to light the unexplained and uninvestigated events surrounding Mendes's murder. Although many historians have written about the plantation systems of nineteenth-century Brazil, few eyewitnesses have captured the rich rural history of the twentieth century with such an intricate knowledge of history and folklore as Rodrigues.

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University of Texas Press

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0292717067

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Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization

The Yanomami and the Kayapo

By: Linda Rabben

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Book's by Linda Rabben

Sanctuary and Asylum

Sanctuary and Asylum

Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization

Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization

Sanctuary and Asylum

Sanctuary and Asylum

Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes

Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes

Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization

Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization

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