Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 279 pages)
ISBN:
9780268063047
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0268063044
Uniform Title:
Carnavais, malandros e heróis
Note:
Literaturangaben (pages 267-279)
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Preface to the English edition.--Introduction: The approach: Social anthropology or comparative sociology. Time, History, and the Social anthropology of ritual life. The role of rituals. Some thoughts on ritual and social life.--1. Carnivals, military parades, and processions: Of routines and rites. Carnival and Independence Day: A comparison: historic time and cosmic time. Authorities and the common people. Of uniforms and fancy costumes. Some theoretical problems. The basic mechanisms of ritualization. Conclusions.--2. The many levels of carnival: Two basic social domains: The house and the street. The house and the street: Dialectics, symbolization, and ritualization. Basic forms of displacement. The invention of carnival: A special space. A manifold space. A rite without a patron. The groups of carnival. Conclusion: The dramatization of carnival.--3. Carnival in Rio and Mardi Gras in New Orleans: A contrastive study. "Carnival" in Brazil and the United States. The two carnivals: social organization and ideologies. Carnivals of equality and hierarchy. --4. "Do you know who you're talking to?!" The distinction between individual and person in Brazil. The expression in theory and practice. The expression as a dramatization of the social world. On the distinction between individual and person. The dialectic between individual and person. The individual, the person, and Brazilian society. Zones of passage.--5. Pedro Malasartes and the paradox of roguery: A triangle of dramas, a triangle of heroes. The myth of Malasartes. The origins of Pedro Malasartes. Mediations: (a) Mediation by honesty. (b) Mediation by vengeance.--6. Augusto Matraga and the hour of renunciation: Names, persona, and social trajectory. Marginality, renunciation, and vengeance. The hour of renunciation. Of rogues, avengers, and renouncers.--References.
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Translation of: Carnavais, malandros e heróis
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0268007942
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780268007942
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Matta, Roberto da Carnivals, rogues, and heroes Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©1991
Language:
English
Subjects:
Romance Studies
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Ethnology
Keywords:
Brasilien
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Gesellschaftsleben
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Sozialstruktur
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Brasilien
;
Karneval
Author information:
Matta, Roberto da 1936-
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