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From the enemy's point of viewFrom the enemy's point of view

From the enemy's point of view1992

Eduardo Viveiros de Castro

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"Translated and revised version of author's 1986 doctoral thesis, one of the most influential monographs in Brazilian ethnology of the last decade. Describes and interprets cosmology and social philosophy of the Araweté, a Tupi-Guarani people of eastern Amazonia, from the perspective of concepts of the person, death and eschatology, divinity, and systems of shamanism and warfare. The theme of divine cannibalism is treated as part of the complex of Tupi-Guarani ritual anthropophagy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

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First published
1992
Pages
407
ISBN-13
9780226858012
OL Work ID
OL3423506W

Subjects

ReligionAraweté IndiansTupi IndiansIndians of South AmericaCannibalismReligion and mythologyIndian mythologyIndians of south america, religionAraweté indians

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