Borderlands and Transcultural Studies

Dedication List of Figures Acknowledgments 1. The Captive in Space, Time, and Mind * Warfare, Kidnapping, and Captives * Geographic Scope and Scale of Captive-Taking * Captives, Slaves, Captors, and the Landscape of Captive-Taking * Methods * The Captive's World * Slavery Past and Present 2. Captive-Taking and Captive Lives: the Sources * North American Regions * The Northeast * The Southeast * The Southwest * The Northwest Coast * Other Global Regions * South America * Africa * Europe * Island Southeast Asia * Conclusions 3. The Captive as Social Person * Social Identity in Captor Society * Who Were the Captors? * Captivity and Kinship * Captor Worldview and the Social Construction of Captives * The Captive * Age * Gender/Sexuality * Captive's Skills, Characteristics, and Agency * The Circumstances of Captive-Taking and Captive Social Position * A Captive's Story: Helena Valero, Napagnuma of the Yanoama * Conclusions 4. Captives and the Creation of Power * The Acquisition of Power in Small-Scale Societies * Social Stratification in Small-Scale Societies * Captives and Social Power * Captives as Economic Power * Captive-Taking and Power in Three Small-Scale Societies * The Northwest Coast * The Conibo of the Ucayali Basin * Maritime Chiefdoms of Coastal Philippines and Adjacent Parts of Southeast Asia * Conclusions 5. Captives, Social Boundaries, and Ethnogenesis * The Nature of Ethnic Boundaries * Captives, Multi-Ethnic Societies, and Ethnogenesis * Captives as Social Opposites * Captive Assimilation and Captive Agency * Captives as Social Nodes in Multi-Ethnic Societies * Captives and the Process of Social Creation * Maroon Communities * The Navajo * Africa * The Southeast * Kahnawake-Community of Refugees * Conclusions 6. Captives and Cultural Transmission * Intercultural Interaction and Cultural Transmission * Situated Learning and the Captive * Learning from the "Other" * What Captives Contributed * Technology and Craft Production * Foodways * Religious Innovations and Curing Practices * Conclusions 7. Captives in Prehistory * Captives as Invisible Agents of Culture Change * Finding Captives in the Archaeological Record * From the Past to the Future * Conclusions References