Individual and society in guiana: a comparative study of amerindian social organisation
Auteur :
Riviere, Peter
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521269971
Date de publication :
28 déc. 1984
Dimensions :
22,5 x 15,2 x 1,0 cm
Poids :
209 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.