1. The Encounter of Tribal and National Societies in the Brazilian Amazon

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface and Acknowledgments IX
4. About the Contributors XIII
5. Introduction: Anthropology and Brazilian National Identity 1
6. Part I. Some Perspectives from the Past
7. 1. The Encounter of Tribal and National Societies in the Brazilian Amazon 19
8. 2. An Experimental Reconstruction of Taruma Village Succession and Some Implications 39
9. 3. The Tapirape During the Era of Reconstruction 61
10. 4. The "Chapel" as Symbol: Italian Colonization in Southern Brazil 86
11. 5. The Negro in Brazilian Society: Twenty-Five Years Later 96
12. Part II. Environmental Adaptations
13. 6. The Yanomamo and the Causes of War in Band and Village Societies 115
14. 7. The Trans-Amazonica: Coping with a New Environment 133
15. 8. Seduced and Abandoned: Agricultural Frontiers in Brazil and the United States 160
16. 9. Ecology, Behavior, and the Spirit of Fishermen 180
17. Part III. Social Structure
18. 10. Lineage and Lineality in Lowland South America 211
19. 11. Canela Kinship and the Question of Matrilineality 225
20. 12. Secrets, Exclusion, and the Dramatization of Men's Roles 250
21. 13. Umbanda and Class Relations in Brazil 270
22. 14. The Function of Middle-Class Extended Family Networks in Brazilian Urban Society 305
23. Part IV. Political Organization
24. 15. A New Approach to Central Brazilian Social Organization 317
25. 16. Law in Rural Brazil 343
26. 17. Patron-Client Exchanges in Southeastern Minas Gerais 362
27. 18. The Political Economy of Patron-Clientship: Brazil and Portugal Compared 379
28. Glossary of Portuguese Terms 401
29. References 405
30. Index 437