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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Main Author: Ewart, E
Other Authors: Museum of Ethnography
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2008
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