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Record Nr.

UNINA9910883700803321

Autore

Basso Ellen B. <1942->

Titolo

Carib-Speaking Indians : Culture, Society, and Language

Pubbl/distr/stampa

, : University of Arizona Press, , 2015

©1977

ISBN

0-8165-4557-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 pages)

Collana

Anthropological Papers ; ; v.28

Altri autori (Persone)

BassoEllen B. <1942->

Disciplina

980/.004/98

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Guide to Pronunciation -- 1. Introduction: The Status of Carib Ethnography - Ellen B. Basso -- 2. A Survey of the Carib Language Family - Marshall Durbin -- 3. Some Problems in the Comparative Study of Carib Societies - Peter G. Riviere -- 4. The Akawaio Shaman - Audrey Butt Colson -- 5. Carijona and Manakini: An Opposition in the Mythology of a Carib Tribe - Helmut Schindler -- 6. On Being Carib - Lee Drummond -- 7. From Dogs to Stars: The Phatic Function of Naming Among the Panare - Jean-Paul Dumont -- 8. The Kalapalo Dietary System - Ellen B. Basso -- 9. A Study of the Process of Village Formation in Ye'cuana Society - Nelly Arvelo-Jimenez -- 10. The Akuriyo Way of Death - Peter Kloos.