From the enemy's point of view : humanity and divinity in an Amazonian society /
Translated and revised version of author's 1986 doctoral thesis, one of the most influential monographs in Brazilian ethnology of the last decade. Describes and interprets cosmology and social philosophy of the Araweté, a Tupi-Guarani people of eastern Amazonia, from the perspective of concepts...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translation of: Araweté. |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1992.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: | Translated and revised version of author's 1986 doctoral thesis, one of the most influential monographs in Brazilian ethnology of the last decade. Describes and interprets cosmology and social philosophy of the Araweté, a Tupi-Guarani people of eastern Amazonia, from the perspective of concepts of the person, death and eschatology, divinity and systems of shamanism and warfare. The theme of divine cannibalism is treated as part of the complex of Tupi-Guarani ritual anthropophagy. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 407 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226858014 (alk. paper) 9780226858012 (alk. paper) 0226858022 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226858029 (pbk. : alk. paper) |