Mehinaku : the drama of daily life in a Brazilian Indian village / / Thomas Gregor

• Autore: Gregor Thomas
• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1977
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 301.45/19/8081
• Soggetto topico: Mehinacu Indians - Social life and customs
• Soggetto non controllato: brazil, indigenous, village, rural, community, south america, anthropology, sociology, nonfiction, mehinaku indians, social roles, performance, architecture, space, place, privacy, public life, reputation, citizenship, scandal, secrets, honor, family, upper xingu, tribe, information, concealment, secrecy, kinship, identity, ritual, spirits, folklore, theft, infidelity, sexuality, adultery, relationships, self, seclusion, disengagement, withdrawal
• Classificazione: MS 9500
• Note generali: Phoenix edition 1980.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-370) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Setting for the Drama -- 3. The Staging of Social Relationships -- 4. The Script for Social Life -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Thomas Gregor sees the Mehinaku Indians of central Brazil as performers of roles, engaged in an ongoing improvisational drama of community life. The layout of the village and the architecture of the houses make the community a natural theater in the round, rendering the villagers' actions highly visible and audible. Lacking privacy, the Mehinaku have become masters of stagecraft and impression management, enthusiastically publicizing their good citizenship while ingeniously covering up such embarrassments as extramarital affairs and theft.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mehinaku
• ISBN: 0-226-30746-8; 0-226-15033-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821662903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II