Brazil, anthropological perspectives : essays in honor of Charles Wagley

Describes the various stages of the Japanese Stone Age and their relationships with foreign cultures. Covers the time from the Proto-Jomon to the Final-Jomon periods. Contents Preface and Acknowledgments About the Contributors Introduction: Anthropology and Brazilian National Identity Part I. Some Perspectives from the Past 1. The Encounter of Tribal and National Societies in the Brazilian Amazon 2. An Experimental Reconstruction of Taruma Village Succession and Some Implications 3. The Tapirape During the Era of Reconstruction 4. The "Chapel" as Symbol: Italian Colonization in Southern Brazil 5. The Negro in Brazilian Society: Twenty-Five Years Later Part II. Environmental Adaptations 6. The Yanomamo and the Causes of War in Band and Village Societies 7. The Trans-Amazonica: Coping with a New Environment 8. Seduced and Abandoned: Agricultural Frontiers in Brazil and the United States 9. Ecology, Behavior, and the Spirit of Fishermen Part III. Social Structure 10. Lineage and Lineality in Lowland South America 11. Canela Kinship and the Question of Matrilineality 12. Secrets, Exclusion, and the Dramatization of Men's Roles 13. Umbanda and Class Relations in Brazil 14. The Function of Middle-Class Extended Family Networks in Brazilian Urban Society Part IV. Political Organization 15. A New Approach to Central Brazilian Social Organization 16. Law in Rural Brazil 17. Patron-Client Exchanges in Southeastern Minas Gerais 18. The Political Economy of Patron-Clientship: Brazil and Portugal Compared Glossary of Portuguese Terms References Index