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Nature and Society in Central Brazil : The Suya Indians of Mato Grosso / Anthony Seeger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seeger, Anthony, author.
- Series:
- Harvard Studies in Cultural Anthropology
- Harvard Studies in Cultural Anthropology ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geschichte Südamerikas.
- Soziologie.
- Suya (Indiens).
- Suya Indians.
- Suya.
- Wereldbeeld.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
- Local Subjects:
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
- Suya Indians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Guide to Pronunciation of Suya Words
- Introduction
- 1. Suya Cosmology
- 2. A First Encounter with the Suya
- 3. The Domains of Time and Space
- 4. The Human Body and Modes of Perception and Expression
- 5. The Classification of Animals and Plants by Odor
- 6. Sex, Age, and Odor
- 7. The Principles of Kinship and Naming
- 8. The Process of the Life Cycle
- 9. Political Leaders, Ritual Specialists, and Witches
- 10. Transformations in Myths, Curing Chants, and Dreams
- 11. Nature and Society in a Broader Perspective
- Appendix A. Eastern Suya Genealogical Charts and Village Census
- Appendix B. Animal Names in English, Suya, Portuguese, and Latin
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-43303-3
- OCLC:
- 1013945049
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