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

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I Foresee My Life is a study of the ritual performances of the Kayabi, a Brazilian indigenous people, during the 1990s. Kayabi rituals are distinct in that they center on the autobiographical narratives of living people. Suzanne Oakdale discusses these autobiographical performances in the context of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oakdale, Suzanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Kayabi Indians > Social life and customs.
Kayabi Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Kayabi Indians > Biography.
Autobiography.
Shamans > Brazil > Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Discourse analysis, Narrative > Brazil > Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Autobiographies as Topic
Kayabi > Mœurs et coutumes.
Kayabi > Rites et cérémonies.
Kayabi > Biographies.
Autobiographie.
Chamans > Brésil > Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Discours narratif > Brésil > Parque Nacional do Xingu.
autobiography (genre)
HISTORY.
Autobiography
Discourse analysis, Narrative
Kayabi Indians
Manners and customs
Shamans
Ritual
Autobiografie
Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brazil) > Social life and customs.
Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brésil) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Brazil > Parque Nacional do Xingu
Kayabi.
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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