Publication

1995 - University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas

Language

English

Word Count

72,500 words, Guess

Page Count

290 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC306/.089/984
  • LCCF2520.1.A4 G73 1995

Description

"Discourse-centered approach to Xavante culture focuses on the performance of songs, the telling of dreams, and the transmission of culture. Principal arguments are that the meaning of expressive practices is constructed through performance; that dreams may be seen as communicative and hence social processes; and that discursive practices are essential to the process of cultural transmission"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Subjects

Places

BrazilPimentel Barbosa ReserveTerra Indígena Pimental Barbosa

Other Editions

  • Performing dreams: discourses of immortality among the Xavante of Central BrazilUniversity of Texas Press1995-01-01

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