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Ceremonial redistribution in Tapirapé societyBook 1968 • Shapiro, Judith R. (Judith Rae)
Tapirapé • South America > Eastern South America
This paper begins with a commentary on the individualization of production and ownership in Tapirape society which is balanced by patterns of exchange, both of an ordinary day-to-day nature, a...The Tapirapé during the era of reconstructionessay 1979 • Shapiro, Judith R. (Judith Rae)
Tapirapé • South America > Eastern South America
This article is basically a study of the history of the Tapirapé during the twentieth century, particularly since they began to have sustained contact with outsiders in the 1930s. Shapiro desc...