{"product_id":"banzeiro-okoto-the-amazon-as-the-center-of-the-world-paperback","title":"Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as the Center of the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEliane Brum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDiane Grosklaus Whitty\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA confrontation with the destruction of the Amazon by a writer who moved her life into the heart of the forest. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn lyrical, impassioned prose, Eliane Brum recounts her move from São Paulo to Altamira, a city along the Xingu River that has been devastated by the construction of one of the largest dams in the world. In community with the human and more-than-human world of the Amazon, Brum seeks to \"reforest\" herself while building relationships with forest peoples who carry both the scars and the resistance of the forest in their bodies. Weaving together the lived stories of the region and its history of violent corruption and destruction, \u003ci\u003eBanzeiro \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eÒkòtó\u003c\/i\u003e is a call for radical change, for the creation of a new kind of human being capable of facing the potential extinction of our species. In it, Brum reveals the direct links between structural inequities rooted in gender, race, class, and even species, and the suffering that capitalism and climate breakdown wreak on those who are least responsible for them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe title \u003ci\u003eBanzeiro \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eÒkòtó\u003c\/i\u003e features words from two cultural and linguistic traditions: \u003ci\u003ebanzeiro \u003c\/i\u003eis what the Amazon people call the place where the river turns into a fearsome vortex, and \u003ci\u003eòkòtó\u003c\/i\u003e is the Yoruba word for a shell that spirals outward into infinity. Like the Xingu River, turning as it flows, this book is a fierce document of transformation arguing for the centrality of the Amazon to all our lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEliane Brum\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning Brazilian journalist, writer, and documentarist. Her first work of nonfiction to be translated into English, \u003ci\u003eThe Collector of Leftover Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, was long-listed for the National Book Award. She lives in Altamira, in the Amazon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Whitty\u003c\/b\u003e has translated over a dozen major books from the Portuguese, including \u003ci\u003eThe Collector of Leftover Souls \u003c\/i\u003eby Eliane Brum. She spent twenty-three years in Brazil and now lives in Wisconsin with her husband.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765758263584,"sku":"9781644452196","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/93545ef6af1f045952a97a3d5aba975f.webp?v=1780279009","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/banzeiro-okoto-the-amazon-as-the-center-of-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}