An edition of Performing dreams (1995)
Performing dreams
discourses of immortality among the Xavante of Central Brazil
By Laura R. Graham
Publish Date
1995
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Language
eng
Pages
290
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: Discourse analysis, Discourse analysis, Narrative, Dream interpretation, Folklore, Narrative Discourse analysis, Rites and ceremonies, Xavante Indians, Xavante language, Xavante mythology, Folklore, brazil, Indians of south america, social conditions, Oral tradition, Indians of south america, folklore, Indians of south america, social life and customs, Indian mythology, south america, Social conditions, Performance
Places: Brazil, Pimentel Barbosa Reserve, Terra Indígena Pimental Barbosa