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Dialectical Societies David Maybury-Lewis
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Dialectical Societies
David Maybury-Lewis
The Ge-speaking tribes of Central Brazil have always been an anomaly in the annals of anthropology; their exceedingly simple technology contrasts sharply with their highly complex sociological and ideological traditions. Dialectical Societies, the outgrowth of extended anthropological research organized by David Maybury-Lewis, at long last demystifies Ge social structure while modifying and reinterpreting some of the traditional ideas held about kinship, affiliation, and descent.
Each of the seven contributors deals with a different lowland tribe, but all of them address an ideological focus on the dualistic tribal organization that is here defined as fundamental to the Ge As a collection, their work comprises a substantial revision of the hitherto undeveloped and largely ignored ethnography of Central Brazil.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 5, 1979 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674180710 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 354 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 21 mm · 685 g |
| Language | English |
