A Divided World: Apinaye Social Structure

Matta, Roberto Da; Da Matta, Roberto

ISBN 10: 0674212886 / ISBN 13: 9780674212886

Published by Harvard Univ Pr, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Divided World: Apinaye Social Structure
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674212886
• ISBN 13: 9780674212886
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Linguistics, Reference, Social Sciences

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Synopsis

Book by Da Matta, Roberto

From the Back Cover

The social structure of the Apinaye, a Central Brazilian Indian tribe, has puzzled anthropologists for forty years. Now, in this long-awaited book previously unavailable in English, Roberto Da Matta comprehensively describes Apinaye social life and the dualistic conceptual structure that underlies it. Special attention is given to the organization of daily and ceremonial life, the ideological aspects of kinship, the political system, and the confrontation between the Apinaye and the national Brazilian society. Da Matta then enlarges his account of the Apinaye to suggest a general interpretation of Indian culture in Central Brazil.