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I foresee my life : the ritual performance of autobiography in an Amazonian community / Suzanne Oakdale.

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Penn Museum Library F2520.1.K45 O35 2005
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Oakdale, Suzanne.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Kayabi Indians--Social life and customs.
Kayabi Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Kayabi Indians--Biography.
Autobiography.
Shamans--Brazil--Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Discourse analysis, Narrative--Brazil--Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Shamans.
Kayabi Indians.
Rites and ceremonies.
Manners and customs.
Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brazil)--Social life and customs.
Brazil--Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xvi, 206 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2005]
Contents:
The perils of living in the Xingu Indigenous Park
The perils of new-style villages
The self-conscious "Indian"
The healing power of shamanic career narration
Headmen's songs and the end of mourning
The Kayabi life cycle and the development of a dialogic self
The cosmic management of voices.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-196) and index.
ISBN:
080323578X
0803205139
OCLC:
56333967

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