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edocfu_9958352027102883
Format:
1 online resource(xiv,340p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. : Harvard University Press, 1979. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780674180727
Series Statement:
Harvard Studies in Cultural Anthropology; 1
Content:
The Gê-speaking tribes of Central Brazil have always been an anomaly in the annals of anthropology; their exceedingly simple technology contrasts sharply with their highly complex sociological and ideological traditions. Dialectical Societies, the outgrowth of extended anthropological research organized by David Maybury-Lewis, at long last demystifies Gê social structure while modifying and reinterpreting some of the traditional ideas held about kinship, affiliation, and descent. Each of the seven contributors deals with a different lowland tribe, but all of them address an ideological focus on the dualistic tribal organization that is here defined as fundamental to the Gê As a collection, their work comprises a substantial revision of the hitherto undeveloped and largely ignored ethnography of Central Brazil.
Content:
The Gê-speaking tribes of Central Brazil have always been an anomaly in the annals of anthropology; their exceedingly simple technology contrasts sharply with their highly complex sociological and ideological traditions. This book, the outgrowth of extended anthropological research organized by Maybury-Lewis, at long last demystifies Gê social structure while modifying and reinterpreting some of the traditional ideas held about kinship, affiliation, and descent.
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Frontmatter --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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CONTENTS --
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FOREWORD /
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INTRODUCTION --
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1. CYCLES AND TRENDS IN KRIKATI NAMING PRACTICES /
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2. THE RELATIONSHIP SYSTEM OF THE KRAHÓ /
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3. THE APINAYÉ RELATIONSHIP SYSTEM: TERMINOLOGY AND IDEOLOGY /
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4. EXIT AND VOICE IN CENTRAL BRAZIL: THE POLITICS OF FLIGHT IN KAYAPÓ SOCIETY /
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5. THE GÊ AND BORORO SOCIETIES AS DIALECTICAL SYSTEMS: A GENERAL MODEL /
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6. KINSHIP, HOUSEHOLD, AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AMONG THE KAYAPÓ /
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7. CULTURAL CATEGORIES OF THE CENTRAL GÊ /
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8. SELVES AND ALTERS AMONG THE EASTERN BORORO /
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CONCLUSION: KINSHIP, IDEOLOGY, AND CULTURE /
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REFERENCES --
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NOTES --
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INDEX.
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Also available in print edition.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674180710
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/harvard.9780674180727
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674180727
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