Seeing, hearing and speaking: morality and sense among the Panará in Central Brazil
Based on the ethnographic example of the Panará, a Gê-group in central Brazil, this paper examines the significance of vision and visibility. For Gê-speaking groups it has been suggested that while hearing and speaking are socially privileged faculties, contributing to the mature status of an indivi...
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Language: | English |
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Routledge
2008
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