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Of life and happines: morality, aesthetics, and social life among the southeastern Amazonian Mebengokré (Kayapó), as seen from the margins of ritual
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dc.contributor.advisor | Overing, Joanna | |
dc.contributor.author | de Oliveira, Adolfo | |
dc.coverage.spatial | 349 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-06T10:12:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-06T10:12:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/2665 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis deals with different aspects of the processes of production of sociability among the Xikrin-Mebengokre of the Catete River, central Brazil. I focus on ceremonies and their performance, as ways of access to Mebengokre conceptions concerning the morality and aesthetics of social life. I analyse the semiotics of 'kin'-ship production, the performative aspects of emotion as a sociability tool, the use of song and dance for the co-ordination of collective technical tasks, and a Mebengokre 'theory of language' as social agency. In the conclusion I focus on the criticism of some of the key theoretical aspects of Ge ethnology, in the light of my previous analysis. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of St Andrews | |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
dc.subject.lcc | F2520.1C45O6 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cayapo Indians--Social life and customs | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cayapo Indians--Rites and ceremonies | en_US |
dc.title | Of life and happines: morality, aesthetics, and social life among the southeastern Amazonian Mebengokré (Kayapó), as seen from the margins of ritual | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | en_US |
dc.type.qualificationname | PhD Doctor of Philosophy | en_US |
dc.publisher.institution | The University of St Andrews | en_US |
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