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I foresee my life : the ritual performance of autobiography in an Amazonian community

Title
I foresee my life : the ritual performance of autobiography in an Amazonian community / Suzanne Oakdale.
Author
Oakdale, Suzanne.
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2005.

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Description
xvi, 206 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
Subject
  • 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
  • Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brazil) > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-196) and index.
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.
Call Number
JGE 05-142
ISBN
080323578X (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004019554
OCLC
56333967
Author
Oakdale, Suzanne.
Title
I foresee my life : the ritual performance of autobiography in an Amazonian community / Suzanne Oakdale.
Imprint
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-196) and index.
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JGE 05-142
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