Of passionate curves and desirable cadences : themes on Waiwai social being /

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Compelling and evocative, Of Passionate Curves and Desirable Cadences reveals the vital cultural interconnections at the heart of a rain-forest Amerindian society. The Waiwai, who live in the remote interior of Guyana and in neighboring Brazil, follow a customary subsistence lifestyle built around s...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Mentore, George P.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lincoln, Neb. : Chesham : University of Nebraska Press ; Combined Academic [distributor], 2005.
Sujets:
Waiwai Indians > Social life and customs.
Waiwai Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Waiwai philosophy.
Ethnoecology > Guyana.
Waiwai > Mœurs et coutumes.
Waiwai > Rites et cérémonies.
Philosophie waiwai.
Ethnoécologie > Guyana.
HISTORY.
Ethnoecology
Manners and customs
Waiwai philosophy
Guyana > Social life and customs.
Guyana > Mœurs et coutumes.
Guyana
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Prologue
  • Shepariymo
  • From the sutured wound of being
  • To the mutability of embodiment
  • And toward the body encompassed
  • The hidden hazard of generosity
  • Grief and shamanic breath
  • The archer and his bow
  • When the cicadas first sing
  • The plaited design of human life
  • The Wayamnu sentiment.

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