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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Introduction to the Second Edition | |
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A First Visit to the Canela | |
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The Historical Context | |
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Pacification and Adaptation | |
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Timbira Nations: The Canela's Ancestors | |
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Pioneers Decimate the Timbira Nations | |
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Movement toward Eventual Peace | |
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A Myth Is Created to Justify Inferior Status | |
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Learning Their Place among the Civilizados | |
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The Fox People Join the Canela | |
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Executing a Witch Begins Social Disorganization | |
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Ranchers Massacre the Kenkateye-Canela | |
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Without Warfare, Discipline Starts Breaking Down | |
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Culture Change in the 20th Century | |
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Loss of Youths Having Sex with Opposite-Sex Elders | |
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Loss of the Hazing-Shaming Ceremony of Youths | |
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Impact of Outsiders on the Canela in the 1930s and 1940s | |
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Further Shocks to Canela Culture in the 1950s | |
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The Messianic Movement of 1963 | |
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Exile to the Forests of Sardinha | |
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Adaptations of a Savannah People to the Forest | |
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Outside Influences in the 1970s | |
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Support from the Government | |
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Rise in Literacy | |
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Beginnings of Political Consciousness | |
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The Drive for Education | |
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The Web of Kinship | |
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Consanguineal and Affinal Kinship | |
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Kin, Affines, and "Spouses" around the Village Circle | |
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My Canela Sister's Extended Household | |
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Avoidance Relationships | |
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Other Kinship Terms and Their Roles | |
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Changes in the Balance between the Sexes | |
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Bonding around the Village Circle of Houses | |
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Bonding across the Village Circle of Houses | |
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Life on Farms away from the Village | |
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Joking Behavior between Aunts, Uncles, Nieces, and Nephews | |
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Other Forms of "Kinship" | |
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Informal Friendship | |
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Formal Friendship | |
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Personal Name-Set Transmission | |
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Contributing Fathers | |
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Keeping the Peace through Alternative Systems | |
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Summary | |
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Affirmation through Ritual | |
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Life Cycle Rites | |
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Ear-Piercing Rite: "Opening" Boys to Knowledge and Compliance | |
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Death and Mourning as a Cluster of Rites | |
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Festivals | |
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The Nature of Festivals | |
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Festivals Reinforce Roles and Values | |
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The Festival of Masks | |
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Food Distribution Enhanced | |
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Belief Systems | |
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The Other-World of Ghosts | |
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Becoming a Shaman | |
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Social Use of Shamanic Powers: Curing | |
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Antisocial Use of Shamanic Powers: Witches' Spells | |
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Tobacco-Induced Journeys | |
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Power of Shamans' Pronouncements | |
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Shamanism as the Ultimate Social Control | |
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Pollution Control by Food and Sex Restrictions | |
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Self-Empowerment through Maintaining "Restrictions" | |
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Summary | |
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"Ritual" as Contrasted with "Religion" | |
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The Extramarital Sex System | |
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Public and Private Aspects of the System | |
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Public Extramarital Practices | |
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Private Extramarital Practices | |
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Learning about Sex | |
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Children Are Exposed to Sex as a Joyful Activity | |
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Socialization of Virginal Girls for Sex | |
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Steps into Full Marriage | |
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Stinginess, Jealousy, and Sharing | |
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Socialization of Nonvirginal Girls for Sequential Sex | |
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Winning the Social Acceptance Belt | |
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The "Free" Adolescent Years | |
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Childbirth and Its Limitations | |
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Socialization of Boys for Sequential Sex | |
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Conformity to Sexual Norms | |
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Judicial Resolution of Sexual Disputes | |
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The Trial of a Wayward Husband | |
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Social Control and Balance of Power between the Sexes | |
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Advantages of the System for Canela Society | |
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The Demise of the Extramarital Sex System | |
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Epilogue: The Future of the Canela | |
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Mythology | |
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Orthography | |
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Comparison of Topics across Various Media | |
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References | |
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Index | |