About The Book

This book tells the story of the Wauja group from the Xingu Indigenous Park in central Brazil and its relation to powerful new interlocutors.

About The Author

Christopher Ball is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. A linguistic and cultural anthropologist, he has worked with Wauja people in Brazil's Upper Xingu since 2005.

Product Details

  • Publisher: UNM Press (November 1, 2018)
  • Length: 288 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826358530

Browse Related Books

Raves and Reviews

Exchanging Words should . . . be widely read by people interested in conservation, development, and international relations.--John Walker, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology

Cultural continuity is . . . an underlying theme throughout the book, and Ball does well in addressing the subtleties and complexities of this issue at various points. The structure of the book brings cohesion to the ethnographically rich material.--Jessica Fae Nelson, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Cultural continuity is . . . an underlying theme throughout the book, and Ball does well in addressing the subtleties and complexities of this issue at various points. The structure of the book brings cohesion to the ethnographically rich material.--Jessica Fae Nelson, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

An insightful contribution to scholarship on language, indigeneity, and development politics.--Zachary Lazarus, Language in Society

As a study of language, ritual, and relation building, the book delivers what it promises. Ball has done a fine job of creating a thread of connection through very disparate subjects, and his authorial voice is very appealing.
--Reading Religion

Resources and Downloads

High Resolution Images

More books in this series: A School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar Book

BACK TO TOP