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"I foresee my life" : the ritual performance of autobiography in an Amazonian community /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oakdale, Suzanne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Discourse analysis, Narrative > Brazil > Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Shamans > Brazil > Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Autobiography > Brazil > Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Kayabi Indians > Biography.
Kayabi Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Kayabi Indians > Social life and customs.
Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brazil) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The perils of living in the Xingu Indigenous Park
  • The perils of new-style villages
  • The self-conscious "Indian"
  • The healing power of shamanic career narration
  • Headmen's songs and the end of mourning
  • The Kayabi life cycle and the development of a dialogic self
  • The cosmic management of voices
  • Conclusion.