Lucas Bessire: 2 books
Behold the Black Caiman
A Chronicle of Ayoreo Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
In 2004, one of the world’s last bands of voluntarily isolated nomads left behind their ancestral life in the dwindling thorn forests of northern Paraguay, fleeing ranchers’ bulldozers. Behold the Black Caiman is Lucas Bessire’s intimate chronicle of the journey of this small group of Ayoreo...
Radio Fields
Anthropology and Wireless Sound in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Radio is the most widespread electronic medium in the world today. As a form of technology that is both durable and relatively cheap, radio remains central to the everyday lives of billions of people around the globe. It is used as a call for prayer in Argentina and Appalachia, to organize political...