Mehinaku : The Drama of Daily Life in a Brazilian Indian Village - Thomas Gregor

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Mehinaku

The Drama of Daily Life in a Brazilian Indian Village

By: Thomas Gregor

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Paperback | 15 August 1980 | Edition Number 1

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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.

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List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Dramaturgical Metaphor
The Tribes of the Upper Xingu and the Mehinaku Indians
The Setting for the Drama
Space, Settings, Designs
The Design for the Community and the Flow of Information
Institutions and Information
The Institutions and Strategies of Concealment
What Goes On Behind the Scenes: Games Children Play
Theft and How to Get Away with It
Extramarital Sex and Concealment
The Staging of Social Relationships
Being Well Dressed: Preparing for Interaction
Greetings and Goodbyes
Portraits of Self
Withdrawal and Disengagement
The Cycle of Seclusion
The Script for Social Life
The Mehinaku Concept of Social Roles
Mehinaku Kinship
Writing Your Own Ticket: Manipulating Kinship
Being a Mehinaku: Tribal Identity in the Xingu System
Spirits, Rituals, and Social Innovation
Dilemmas of Performance: Shamanism
Mehinaku Social Drama
Bibliography
Index
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