Publication

1991 - SCT/CNPq, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Pará

Language

Portuguese

Word Count

90,500 words, Guess

Page Count

362 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCF2520.1.W34 B35 1991

Description

"Discourse analysis of domination in the relations between the Fundação Nacional do Indio (FUNAI) and the Waimiri-Atroari indigenous group of northern Brazil. Explores construction of ethnic identity in the contact situation through the FUNAI agents' systematic manipulation, implantation of 'total institutions' of domination, and reinforcement of historical stereotypes of contact. A major advance in situational analyses of interethnic relations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Subjects

Topics

Waimiri IndiansGovernment relationsWaimiri-Atroarí IndiansFundação Nacional do IndioFundação Nacional do Indio.Waimiri Indians -- Government relations.

Series Statement

  • Coleção Eduardo Galvão

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