The Kalapalo Indians of central Brazil
By: by Ellen B. Basso.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: Apalakiri Indians
Notes: Bibliography: p. 156-157.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Contacts with outsiders -- History of the region -- Upper Xingu society -- The Kalapalo -- Living among the Kalapalo -- Relationships with human beings and nonhumans. The model of Upper Xingu distinctiveness -- The origin of human beings. Ifutisu behavior -- The classification of “living things” -- The use of cosmological labels. The structure of the paradigmatic set -- The possession indicator -- Kalapalo models of the categories ordered in a paradigm -- Subsistence practices. The Upper Xingu habitat. Seasonal variations -- Subsistence. Manioc -- Piqui -- Other cultivated plants -- Salt -- Fishing -- Hunting -- Village and household structure. The village. Public and private areas -- Privacy of the household area -- The plan and organization of a Kalapalo house. Structure of the household group -- The household and village as economic units -- Village specialization -- Death and burial. Village of the dead -- The opposition of men and women. The kagutu -- Spatial distinctions -- Sexual contact and pollution from body fluids -- The ritual of childbirth -- The boys’ ear piercing ritual. Steps in the ritual -- The development of social and economic responsibility -- Puberty seclusion -- The network of kinship and affinity. The relationship of kinship. The otomo or kindred category -- Kalapalo filiation -- Kalapalo siblingship -- Categories of kinsmen and kinship relationships. Parent - child relationships -- The sibling relationship -- Filiation and siblingship in relation to illness -- Relationships between potential affines -- Relationships between persons of alternate generations -- Naming -- Kinship and affinity -- Marriage and affinal relationships. Brother - sister exchange marriage -- The marriage arrangement -- Categories of affines -- Relationships between ifotisofo -- Relationships between ifametigi -- Itsahene -- The marriage ceremony -- Widow remarriage -- Divorce and remarriage of ajo -- Effects of depopulation on marriage practices -- “Spouse,” “lover,” “friend” -- The lniso - ajo “continuum” -- Specialists and authorities. Prestige and influence. Control over relatives -- Ceremonial sponsorship -- The acquisition of ifi status -- Fuati : shamanistic curers and diviners. Curing rituals -- Divination -- The use of curing payment -- Factions -- A man of prestige and influence. Prestige and influence : summary -- Witchcraft. Becoming a kwifi oto, or witch -- Motivations for witchcraft -- Defining a case as one of witchcraft -- Accusations of witchcraft against individuals -- Flight from witchcraft accusations  -- Revenge magic -- Relationships between groups : the role of village representative. Inheritance of anetu status and succession to office -- Activities of anetaw in the village. Children’s uluki -- Household uluki -- Anetaw and intervillage ceremony -- Anetaw ceremonies. The tiñi -- The egitsu -- The uluki -- The ifagaka ceremony -- Summary : the village representative and Upper Xingu society -- Glossary.