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adultery
anthropology
architecture
Author_Thomas Gregor
brazil
Category=JBSL11
Category=JHM
citizenship
community
concealment
disengagement
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family
folklore
honor
identity
indigenous
infidelity
information
kinship
mehinaku indians
nonfiction
performance
place
privacy
public life
relationships
reputation
ritual
rural
scandal
seclusion
secrecy
secrets
self
sexuality
social roles
sociology
south america
space
spirits
theft
tribe
upper xingu
village
withdrawal
Product details
- ISBN 9780226307466
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 15 x 22mm
- Publication Date: 15 Aug 1980
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Thomas Gregor sees the Mehinaku Indians of central Brazil as performers of roles, engaged in an ongoing improvisational drama of community life. The layout of the village and the architecture of the houses make the community a natural theater in the round, rendering the villagers' actions highly visible and audible. Lacking privacy, the Mehinaku have become masters of stagecraft and impression management, enthusiastically publicizing their good citizenship while ingeniously covering up such embarrassments as extramarital affairs and theft.
