Title: Comendo como gente : formas do canibalismo Wariʻ /
Authors: Vilaça, Aparecida, 1958-
Publisher: ANPOCS : Editora UFRJ,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Pakaasnovos Indians.; Pakaasnovos Indians Rites and ceremonies.; Cannibalism Brazil.
Abstract: "Structural analysis of cosmology and social organization of the Wari' (Pakaasnovos), a Txapakuran-speaking people of western Rondônia, presented in extraordinarily rich detail. Investigates mortuary practices, shamanism, and the central importance of cannibalism to Wari' culture. Examination of cannibalism under two aspects, 'exo-' and 'endo-' cannibalism, referring to the domains of cosmos and society respectively, reveals predation as the dominant organizing principle of Wari' worldview"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.