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Carnivals, rogues, and heroes : an interpretation of the Brazilian dilemma /
"Carnivals, Rogues, and heroes, by renowned Brazilian anthropologist Roberto DaMatta, offers a fresh, provocative, and multi-faceted interpretation of Brazil, a modern, complex, and often misunderstood nation that encompasses half of the continent of South America." "Using the tools o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Portugués |
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Notre Dame, Ind. :
University of Notre Dame Press,
©1991.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.