Brazil. Anthropological Perspectives. Essays in Honor of Charles Wagley / / ed. by William E. Carter, Maxine L. Margolis.

Describes the various stages of the Japanese Stone Age and their relationships with foreign cultures. Covers the time from the Proto-Jomon to the Final-Jomon periods.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1979]
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Year of Publication:1979
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (446 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface and Acknowledgments --
About the Contributors --
Introduction: Anthropology and Brazilian National Identity --
Part I. Some Perspectives from the Past --
1. The Encounter of Tribal and National Societies in the Brazilian Amazon --
2. An Experimental Reconstruction of Taruma Village Succession and Some Implications --
3. The Tapirape During the Era of Reconstruction --
4. The "Chapel" as Symbol: Italian Colonization in Southern Brazil --
5. The Negro in Brazilian Society: Twenty-Five Years Later --
Part II. Environmental Adaptations --
6. The Yanomamo and the Causes of War in Band and Village Societies --
7. The Trans-Amazonica: Coping with a New Environment --
8. Seduced and Abandoned: Agricultural Frontiers in Brazil and the United States --
9. Ecology, Behavior, and the Spirit of Fishermen --
Part III. Social Structure --
10. Lineage and Lineality in Lowland South America --
11. Canela Kinship and the Question of Matrilineality --
12. Secrets, Exclusion, and the Dramatization of Men's Roles --
13. Umbanda and Class Relations in Brazil --
14. The Function of Middle-Class Extended Family Networks in Brazilian Urban Society --
Part IV. Political Organization --
15. A New Approach to Central Brazilian Social Organization --
16. Law in Rural Brazil --
17. Patron-Client Exchanges in Southeastern Minas Gerais --
18. The Political Economy of Patron-Clientship: Brazil and Portugal Compared --
Glossary of Portuguese Terms --
References --
Index
Summary:Describes the various stages of the Japanese Stone Age and their relationships with foreign cultures. Covers the time from the Proto-Jomon to the Final-Jomon periods.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780231879101
9783110442489
DOI:10.7312/marg90510
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by William E. Carter, Maxine L. Margolis.