Search for dissertations about: "Tapajós"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the word Tapajós.

2. 1. "Gold is illusion" : the Garimpeiros of Tapajos Valley in the Brazilian Amazonia

   Author : Enrique Rodriguez Larreta; Michael Jackson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Guldgrävning; sociala aspekter; Brasilien; Tapajós; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

   Abstract : This study analyses the formation of power relations and hierarchy among the gold diggers of the region of the Tapajos in the lower Amazonas. Following the route of immigrants who escape from social death in the Brazilian Northeast driven on by the dream of gold, this book analyses the daily life of a community of gold diggers. READ MORE