The Ge-speaking tribes of Central Brazil have always been an anomaly in the annals of anthropology; their exceedingly simple technology contrasts sharply with their highly complex sociological and ideological traditions. "Dialectical Societies," the outgrowth of extended anthropological research organized by David Maybury-Lewis, at long last demystifies Ge social structure while modifying and reinterpreting some of the traditional ideas held about kinship, affiliation, and descent.
Each of the seven contributors deals with a different lowland tribe, but all of them address an ideological focus on the dualistic tribal organization that is here defined as fundamental to the Ge As a collection, their work comprises a substantial revision of the hitherto undeveloped and largely ignored ethnography of Central Brazil.
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The Ge-speaking tribes of Central Brazil have always been an anomaly in the annals of anthropology; their exceedingly simple technology contrasts sharply with their highly complex sociological and ideological traditions. "Dialectical Societies," the outgrowth of extended anthropological research organized by David Maybury-Lewis, at long last demystifies Ge social structure while modifying and reinterpreting some of the traditional ideas held about kinship, affiliation, and descent.
Each of the seven contributors deals with a different lowland tribe, but all of them address an ideological focus on the dualistic tribal organization that is here defined as fundamental to the Ge As a collection, their work comprises a substantial revision of the hitherto undeveloped and largely ignored ethnography of Central Brazil.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Harvard Studies in Cultural Anthropology, 1 |
Release date | May 2014 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | October 2013 |
Editors | David Maybury-Lewis |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards |
Pages | 354 |
Edition | Reprint 2014 ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-18071-0 |
Barcode | 9780674180710 |
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LSN | 0-674-18071-2 |