The line of dust
An edition of The line of dust (2013)
Bororo culture between tradition, mutation and self-representation
By Massimo Canevacci
Publish Date
2013
Publisher
Sean Kingston Publishing
Language
eng
Pages
235
Description:
Massimo Canevacci draws on ethnographic fieldwork carried out together with Bororo of the Mato Grosso (Brazil), in particular Kleber Meritororeu, to examine the tensions, conflicts and exchanges between transformation and tradition. The practical as well as political keyword in his approach is self-representation.
subjects: Bororo Indians, Funeral customs and rites, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Religion, Bororo mythology
Places: Brazil