Individual and Society in Guiana: A Comparative Study of Amerindian Social Organisation - Couverture rigide

Riviere, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521264537 ISBN 13 : 9780521264532

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1984

Synopsis

The Amerindian peoples of Guiana have long been recognized as forming a distinct variety of the tropical forest culture.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Amerindian peoples of Guiana, the geographical region of north-east South America, have long been recognized as forming a distinct variety of the tropical forest culture. In this book, Peter Rivière employs a comparative perspective to reveal that Guianan societies, generally characterized as socially fluid and amorphous, are in fact much more highly structured than they first appear, and he identifies certain common patterns of social organization that result from sets of individual choices and relationships. By contrasting the characteristics of Guianan society with those from elsewhere in Lowland South America, he constructs a spectrum of complexity of Amerindian social structure, and argues that the Guianan variant represents the logically simplest form of organization in the area.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521264537
• ISBN 13: 9780521264532
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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