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Author Oakdale, Suzanne.

Title I foresee my life : the ritual performance of autobiography in an Amazonian community / Suzanne Oakdale.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 206 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index.
Contents The perils of living in the Xingu Indigenous Park -- The perils of new-style villages -- The self-conscious "Indian" -- The healing power of shamanic career narration -- Headmen's songs and the end of mourning -- The Kayabi life cycle and the development of a dialogic self -- The cosmic management of voices.
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Summary I Foresee My Life is a study of the ritual performances of the Kayabi, a Brazilian indigenous people, during the 1990s. Kayabi rituals are distinct in that they center on the autobiographical narratives of living people. Suzanne Oakdale discusses these autobiographical performances in the context of shamanic cures, mortuary rites, and political oratory. In each ritual, leaders describe how some of the dramatic environmental, economic, and political changes taking place in the Amazon have affected them. For example, the Kayabi have moved from a heavily colonized area to a reservation and as a result have had to address different facets of Indian identity, new forms of commodity consumption, residence patterns, and leadership.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Subject Kayabi Indians -- Social life and customs.
Kayabi Indians.
Manners and customs.
Kayabi Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
Rites and ceremonies.
Kayabi Indians -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Autobiography.
Autobiography.
Shamans -- Brazil -- Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Shamans.
Brazil -- Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Discourse analysis, Narrative -- Brazil -- Parque Nacional do Xingu.
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brazil) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Oakdale, Suzanne. I foresee my life. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005 080323578X (DLC) 2004019554 (OCoLC)56333967
ISBN 0803205139 (electronic book)
9780803205130 (electronic book)
1280374438
9781280374432
080323578X (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780803235786 (cloth ; alkaline paper)