Paletó and Me: Memories of My Indigenous Father

by Aparecida Vilaa and Aparecida Vilaça

Winner of the prestigious Casa de las Américas Prize, this work spins a heartfelt story of an improbable relationship between an anthropologist and her charismatic Indigenous father. When Aparecida Vilaça first traveled down the remote Negro River in Amazonia, she expected to come back with notebooks and tapes full of observations about the Indigenous Wari' people--but not with a new father. In Paletó and Me , Vilaça shares her life with her adoptive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503629333
• ISBN13: 9781503629332
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"