A divided world : Apinayé social structure / Roberto Da Matta ; translated by Alan Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matta, Roberto da.

Series:

Harvard studies in cultural anthropology ; 6.

Harvard studies in cultural anthropology ; 6

Standardized Title:

Mundo dividido. English

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Apinagé Indians--Social life and customs.

Apinagé Indians.

Indians of South America--Brazil--Social life and customs.

Indians of South America.

Tapuya Indians--Social life and customs.

Tapuya Indians.

Brazil.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

x, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1982.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Translation of: Um mundo dividido.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 177-181.

ISBN:

0674212886

OCLC:

8280193