Umfang:
Online-Ressource (400 p)
ISBN:
9780226307442
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 1. The Dramaturgical Metaphor -- 2. The Tribes of the Upper Xingu and the Mehinaku Indians -- 2. The Setting for the Drama -- 3. Space, Settings, Designs -- 4. The Design of the Community and the Flow of Information -- 5. Institutions and Information -- 6. The Institutions and Strategies of Concealment -- 7. What Goes On Behind the Scenes: Games Children Play -- 8. Theft and How to Get Away with It -- 9. Extramarital Sex and Concealment -- 3. The Staging of Social Relationships -- 10. Being Well Dressed: Preparing for Interaction -- 11. Greetings and Goodbyes -- 12. Portraits of Self -- 13. Withdrawal and Disengagement -- 14. The Cycle of Seclusion -- 4. The Script for Social Life -- 15. The Mehinaku Concept of Social Roles -- 16. Mehinaku Kinship -- 17. Writing Your Own Ticket: Manipulating Kinship -- 18. Being a Mehinaku: Tribal Identity in the Xingu System -- 19. Spirits, Rituals, and Social Innovation -- 20. Dilemmas of Performance: Shamanism -- 21. Mehinaku Social Drama -- Bibliography -- Index.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780226150338
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780226307442
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mehinaku : The Dream of Daily Life in a Brazilian Indian Village
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
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