{"product_id":"salt-of-the-mountain-stefano-varese-9780806135120","title":"Salt of the Mountain: Campa Ash疣inka History and Resistance in the Peruvian Jungle","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor four centuries, the indigenous Campa Ash疣inkas of the Peruvian Amazon have fought for their identity and independence in the face of Spanish colonialism and Peruvian national expansionism. Stefano Varese originally wrote about the Campa Ash疣inkas in the mid-1960s after three seasons of field research among them and three years of archival research, titling his book \u003cem\u003eLa Sal de Los Cerros\u003c\/em\u003e after the conquered Mountain of Salt that had been the center of Camp Ash疣inka trade and power for millennia. Updated with a new preface and introduction by the author, \u003cem\u003eSalt of the Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e makes Varese's classic work of anthropology available in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book has special significance as an early example of engaged anthropology. Varese conducted his research with an explicit commitment to letting the Campa Ash疣inkas speak for themselves, using their myths and cosmological interpretations as source material and, with this in mind, attempting new readings of both colonial Spanish and modern Peruvian documents relating to the tribe. He chronicles the relentless success of European geographic annexation and the continuing failure of European cultural assimilation. Living among the Camp Ash疣inka, Varese found that their worldview rejects the modern notion that assimilation is inevitable, and he developed a deep respect for the Campa Ash疣inkas's fiercely independent spirit. For this reason, he calls his work an \"approximation\" of their world rather than a description or history of them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Salt of the Mountain \u003cem\u003eis clear and direct proof of what Stefano Varese can do. As a scholarly study, it is the historical re-creation of the drama of the Ash疣inka in their confrontation with civilization. As ethnological fieldwork, it is the result of his effort and joy in living the life of the Ash疣inka in order to give us their vision of the world, of themselves, and of us, their Others and decimators.\u003c\/em\u003e\"-\u003cstrong\u003eDarcy Ribeiro\u003c\/strong\u003e, from the Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefano Varese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806135123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806135120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.32w x 0.83d","brand":"Stefano Varese","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994909999359,"sku":"9780806135120","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d137b449-8b25-4318-bbea-3a702af32593.jpg?v=1683332894","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/salt-of-the-mountain-stefano-varese-9780806135120","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}