Abstract
The Bakairí Indians of Brazil: Politics, Ecology, and Change, by Debra Picchi. Prospects Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press (2000). Reviewed by Lourdes Giordani
Highlights
Debra Picchi wrote this highly readable ethnography with an undergraduate audience in mind
Weaving together ecological analysis and political economy, Picchi situates her work within the theoretical framework of political ecology
A few would no doubt argue that anthropologists had been rethinking their relations with informants before postmodernism gained prominence in anthropology, because, as former colonies gained independence, and various nationalistic and pro-human right movements emerged at home and abroad, business could not be conducted “as usual.”
Summary
Debra Picchi wrote this highly readable ethnography with an undergraduate audience in mind. Observations about how the Bakairí and their neighbors have used their environment over time, and the impact of the Brazilian State on the land and its inhabitants.
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