Bibliograph

The owners of kinship, asymmetrical relations in indigenous Amazonia, Luiz Costa

Type

Label

The owners of kinship, asymmetrical relations in indigenous Amazonia, Luiz Costa

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The owners of kinship

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

975487218

Responsibility statement

Luiz Costa

Series statement

The Malinowski monographs

Sub title

asymmetrical relations in indigenous Amazonia

Summary

The Owners of Kinship investigates how kinship in Indigenous Amazonia is derived from the asymmetrical relation between an "owner" and his or her dependents. Through a comprehensive ethnography of the Kanamari, Luiz Costa shows how this relationship is centered around the bond created between the feeder and the fed. Building on anthropological studies of the acquisition, distribution, and consumption of food and its role in establishing relations of asymmetrical mutuality and kinship, this book breaks theoretical ground for studies in Amazonia and beyond. By investigating how the feeding relation traverses Kanamari society from the relation between women and the pets they raise, shaman and familiar spirit, mother and child, chiefs and followers, to those between the Brazilian state and the Kanamari The Owners of Kinship reveals how the mutuality of kinship is determined by the asymmetry of ownership. --, Provided by publisher

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