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