Book

Space-time of the Bororo of Brazil

University Press of Florida • Gainesville, Fla. • Published In 1992 • Pages:

By: Fabian, Stephen Michael.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

The focus of this book is Bororo ethno-astronomy and calendrical knowledge as they are expressed in social and spatial organization and in myth and ritual. The first two chapters present the text and subsequent analysis of a Bororo myth dealing with the culture hero Toribugu. Fabian believes that this myth gives a meaningful view of the Bororo by the Bororo themselves. Chapters three to five provide an orientation to Bororo concepts of space and time, while chapter six discusses the Sun and Moon as mythical heroes and celestial bodies of great importance to the Bororo and through whom space and time merge. Chapter seven deals with Bororo beliefs about the stars as a paradigm of order. Other significant celestial phenomena are described in chapter eight and in a detailed table in Appendix A. Chapter eight also further develops certain theories concerning Bororo time concepts. The final chapters of this work discuss the role of the village in the relationship of space, time, nature and society, in which the inherent integration of structural and processual elements of Bororo society and culture is made evident (p. 15).

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Literary texts

Moieties

Mythology

Ordering of time

Ethnometeorology

Puberty and initiation

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Bororo

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

1996

RegionThe area the document pertains to

South America

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Eastern South America

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

Book

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Ethnologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

John Beierle ; 1994

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

Jan.-Oct. 1983 (p. 7)

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

ca. 1983

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Garçukas village, Mato Grosso, Brazil (p. 9)

NotesAdditional notes

Stephen Michael Fabian

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-245) and index

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

91023287

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Bororo Indians