Table of Contents

List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction Part One 1. Che: The Sociality of Exchange; 2. Kupal: The Sociality of Descent; 3. Ngillanwen: The Sociality of Affinity; 4. Eluwun: The End of Sociality Part Two 5. Palin: The Construction of Difference; 6. Ngillatun: The Construction of Similarity Conclusion Glossary of Terms in Mapudungun; Bibliography

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A nuanced exploration of one of the largest and least understood indigenous peoples

About the Author

Magnus Course is a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh.

Reviews

"Becoming Mapuche makes significant contributions to South American ethnology by providing ethnographically based explorations of Mapuche concepts. Magnus Course also greatly contributes to more general theoretical concerns in anthropology such as social personhood, theories of exchange, and kinship studies. Written in a clear style, the book is both accessible to general readers and stimulating for anthropologists." Jonathan D. Hill, author of Made-from-Bone: Trickster Myths, Music, and History from the Amazon