Huaorani Transformations in Twenty-First-Century Ecuador

“This is a fascinating and provocative study of one of the world’s most intriguing native groups.” —Beth A. Conklin, author of Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society “Reflecting on both the transformations of history and anthropological theory, Laura Rival adroitly reveals the underlying connections between Huaorani interactions with the rainforest, relations with neighboring societies, and responses to the conservationists and oil companies wrestling over their territory.” —Stuart Kirsch, author of Mining Capitalism: The Relationship Between Corporations and Their Critics