Book
Akwẽ-Shavante society
Clarendon Press • Oxford • Published In 1967 • Pages:
By: Maybury-Lewis, David.
Abstract
A comprehensive account of Xavante culture and society, this book describes the structure and organization of several communities, during times scarcity when they went on extended treks seeking wild foods, and during times of plenty when they assembled for extensive ceremonies. Two or more factions competed for political dominance at each level of social organization: village, age-set, clan, and lineage.
- Subjects
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Annual cycle
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- Community structure
- Settlement patterns
- Inter-community relations
- Sodalities
- Age stratification
- Household
- Polygamy
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Gender status
- Status, role, and prestige
- Gender roles and issues
- Organized ceremonial
- Puberty and initiation
- Acculturation and culture contact
- culture
- Xavante
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Eastern South America
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2015
- Field Date
- 1958, 1962, 1964
- Coverage Date
- 1958-1964
- Coverage Place
- eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Notes
- By David Maybury-Lewis
- Includes bibliographical references (p.343-348)
- LCCN
- 67078375
- LCSH
- Xavante Indians