Comendo como gente
Subtitle: formas do canibalismo Wariʻ
By: Aparecida Vilaça.
Publisher: ANPOCS; Editora UFRJ
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Rio de Janeiro
Language: por
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: Pakaa Nova Indians.; Pakaa Nova Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.; Cannibalism -- Brazil.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-300).
Originally presented as the author's thesis (master's)--Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1989.