Books
Lucia Sá
“Rain Forest Literatures: Amazonian Texts and Latin American Culture” (2004)
A book that deals with four Amazonian peoples and cultures: the Carib, Tupi-Guarani, Alto Rio Negro, and the Arawak of the west. It is a book that, as stated in the summary, addresses the creative literary aspects rather than serving as a source for ethnographic studies.
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Ricardo Vírhuez Villafañe
“Letras indígenas de la Amazonía peruana” (First edition, 1983)
Book that compiles many works, especially by linguists, anthropologists, folklorists, etc., on various peoples of the Peruvian Amazon.
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Jubal Tiner
“Literary Amazonia: Modern Writing by Amazonian Authors” (2005)
Book that analyzes and compiles many authors, both in poetry and fictional prose. Most of these authors are local nonindigenous.
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Antonio Porro
“As crônicas do Rio Amazonas: Tradução, introdução e notas etno-históricas sobre as antigas populações indígenas da Amazônia” (2020)
Gathers a series of accounts about ancient inhabitants of the Amazon River. Almost all of these chronicles, as these records were called, are unpublished in Portuguese. They were written by Spanish travelers and missionaries or in the service of Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries, a time when this country disputed possession of the Amazon with Portugal. They are important sources for understanding the history and culture of the indigenous peoples who inhabited the riverbanks at the beginning of the colonial period. An interesting fact is that there are texts from the first voyage to the mouth of the Amazon (1541-1542) in the collection.
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Violeta Loureiro
“Amazônia Colônia do Brasil” (2022)
Colonial history of the Brazilian Amazon.
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Johannes Wilbert & Karin Simoneau (editors)
“Folk Literature of the Yanomami Indians” (1990)
Book that brings together a very large number of stories and narratives about the Yanomami people.
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Jimena Mercado
“Tras el dorado: Crónicas de la explotación del oro en la Amazonía”
Book by a journalist about gold extraction in the Bolivian Amazon.
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Arturo Hernández
“Sangama: A Story of the Amazon Jungle” (2014)
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Luis Sepúlveda
“Un viejo que leía novelas de amor” (2009)
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César Calvo
“Paiché” (2012)
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Antonio Sánchez Gómez
“Derrotero” (2022)
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Javier Morro
“Senderos de libertad” (2006)
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Eliane Brum
“Banzeiro òkòtó: uma viagem à Amazônia Centro do Mundo” (2021)
Book by a writer, journalist, and documentarian about several trips she has made to the Amazon and her permanent move to the region.
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Ricardo Stuckert
“Povos Originários: Guerreiros do Tempo” (2022)
Photographic portrait of 10 Amazonian ethnic groups: Yanomami, Ashaninka, Yawanawá, Kalapalo, Kayapó, Pataxó, Kaxinawá, Xukuru-Kariri, Korubo, and isolated peoples.
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Moema Pinheiro Veloso
“Um outro olhar para a Amazonia” (2019)
Writer who travels to the region and explores various Brazilian states.
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Márcio Souza
“Histórias da Amazônia: do período pré-colombiano aos desafios do século XXI” (2019)
A book that provides a historical overview of writings and narratives about the mainly Brazilian Amazon region.
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Ricardo Vírhuez Villafañe
“El olor del agua” (2000)
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Ricardo Vírhuez Villafañe
“Las guerras secretas” (2012)
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Academic Articles and Books
Ana Pizarro
“Amazonía. El río tiene voces: imaginario y modernización” (2009)
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Gonzalo Espino Relucé
“Literatura indígena amazónica Shipibo-conibo y el kené de la palabra de Lastenia Canayo”
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Artículo sobre el libro escrito por la indígena shipibo Lastenia Canayo.
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Gonzalo Espino Relucé & Mauro Mamani Macedo
“La literatura indígena amazónica. Aproximaciones a una cartografía” (2022)
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Patricia Vieira
“Amazonian Ecopoetics: Paes Loureiro’s Shamanic Zoophytography” (2023)
Article that analyzes the work of the Brazilian Amazonian poet Paes Loureiro from what he calls ecopoetics, based, in turn, on the perspectivism of Eduardo Viveiros de Castro.
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Florencia Garramuño
“Imágenes de sobrevida: figuraciones del pueblo yanomami en el arte contemporáneo” (2017)
Academic article about Yanomami people’s art.
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Marinete Luzia Francisca de Souza
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Doctoral thesis on Brazilian literature from the Amazon region. From travel narratives to contemporary novels. 2013.
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