The Last Cannibals : : A South American Oral History / / Ellen B. Basso.
An especially comprehensive study of Brazilian Amazonian Indian history, The Last Cannibals is the first attempt to understand, through indigenous discourse, the emergence of Upper Xingú society. Drawing on oral documents recorded directly from the native language, Ellen Basso transcribes and analyz...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1995 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- A GUIDE TO PRONOUNCING KALAPALO WORDS
- PART 1
- CHAPTER 1 Introduction
- CHAPTER 2 The Language in Storytelling
- CHAPTER 3 An Early Experience of Europeans Told by Muluku
- CHAPTER 4 Kambe's Testimony
- PART 2
- CHAPTER 5 Warriors
- CHAPTER 6 Ahpiu's Story about Wapagepundaka
- CHAPTER 7 Madyuta's Story about Tapoge
- CHAPTER 8 Kudyu's Story about Tamakafi
- PART 3
- CHAPTER 9 Kudyu's Story of the Wanderers
- CHAPTER 10 Ausuki Tells of the Trumai People
- CHAPTER 11 Ugaki Tells of Afuseti, a Woman Stolen by Angikogo
- CHAPTER 12 Tsangaku Tells of the Dyaguma
- PART 4
- CHAPTER 13 Conclusion: History, Ideology, and the Personal Version of Reality
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- INDEX OF STORIES
- GENERAL INDEX