I Foresee My Life The Ritual Performance of Autobiography in an Amazonian Community / Suzanne Oakdale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oakdale, Suzanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis, Narrative--Brazil--Parque Nacional do Xingu.

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Shamans--Brazil--Parque Nacional do Xingu.

Shamans.

Autobiography--Brazil--Parque Nacional do Xingu.

Autobiography.

Kayabi Indians--Biography.

Kayabi Indians.

Kayabi Indians--Rites and ceremonies.

Kayabi Indians--Social life and customs.

Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brazil)--Social life and customs.

Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brazil).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 206 p. ) ill., 1 map ;

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"I Foresee My Life is a study of the ritual performances of the Kayabi, a Brazilian indigenous people, during the 1990s. Kayabi rituals are distinct in that they center on the autobiographical narratives of living people. Suzanne Oakdale discusses these autobiographical performances in the context of shamanic cures, mortuary rites, and political oratory. In each ritual, leaders describe how some of the dramatic environmental, economic, and political changes taking place in the Amazon have affected them. For example, the Kayabi have moved from a heavily colonized area to a reservation and as a result have had to address different facets of Indian identity, new forms of commodity consumption, residence patterns, and leadership." "As they narrate their lives in these rituals, leaders also give other participants ways to address some of the pressing issues in their own lives. Special emphasis is given to the emotional effects of narrative performances and how these accounts move people to identify with others, compel them to act in appropriate ways, or assuage their grief over a lost loved one. Oakdale analyzes autobiographical performances using insights from studies on ritual, life history, and linguistic anthropology to better understand Kayabi notions of self and person and the role these narrative expressions play in their social life."--BOOK JACKET.

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

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-196) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610374434

9781280374432

1280374438

9780803205130

0803205139

OCLC:

60712621