WHO OWNS NATIVE CULTURE?
Michael F. Brown, Dept. of Anthropology & Sociology, Williams College
Harvard University Press, September 2003. ISBN 0-674-01171-6
Cloth, illustrated, $29.95, paper $16.95.


Also by Michael F. Brown
The Channeling Zone: American Spirituality in an Anxious Age, Harvard Univ. Press, 1997.
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Guerra de sombras: La lucha por la utopía en la amazonía peruana (w/ Eduardo Fernández), CAAAP/CAEA 2001
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War of Shadows: The Struggle for Utopia in the Peruvian Amazon (w/ Eduardo Fernández), Univ. of Calfornia Press, 1991
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Tsewa's Gift: Magic and Meaning in an Amazonian Society, 1986, now distributed. by Univ. of Alabama Press.
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Una paz incierta: Historia y cultura de las comunidades aguarunas frente al impacto de la Carretera Marginal, 1984, CAAAP.
[Now OOP; copies available from author]

Book information, Harvard University Press website. The 2004 paper edition now available for $12.58 at Amazon.com.

Published reviews & comments.

Pdf of first 31 pages of book, including front matter, preface, introduction, and part of chapter 1.

"Who Owns Culture?" July 29, 2004. Radio interview broadcast on BBC/Radio 4 program Analysis. Also includes interview material from Adam Kuper and others. Available as streaming audio or in transcript form.

"Who Owns Native Culture?" March 21, 2004. Interview about issues of identity and cultural ownership. Interviewees: Michael Brown, Sherman Alexie, and Elijah Wald. Aired on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Wisconsin Public Radio/PRI. Streaming audio in RealPlayer format.

"Native Cultures and Property Rights," October 14, 2003. Interview about issues related to the book. Aired on Odyssey, WBEZ, Chicago, "a daily talk show of ideas." Also participating: Prof. Luis Vivanco, University of Vermont. To listen to the 55 minute program, you'll need to have the Real Player installed on your computer.