Before they were largely decimated and dispersed by the effects of European colonization, Arawak-speaking peoples were the most widespread language family in Latin America and the Caribbean, and they were the first people Columbus encountered in the Americas. Comparative Arawakan Histories, in paperback for the first time, examines social structures, political hierarchies, rituals, religious movements, gender relations, and linguistic variations through historical perspectives to document sociocultural diversity across the diffused Arawakan diaspora.
 

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Information

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Year

2010

ISBN

9780252091506

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Sociology

Index

Social Sciences

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Languages, Cultures, and Local Histories
Part 2: Hierarchy, Diaspora, and New Identities
Part 3: Power, Cultism, and Sacred Landscapes
References Cited
Contributors
Index