Fish people, the: linguistic exogamy and tukanoan identity in northwest amazonia
Auteur :
Jackson, Jean E.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521278225
Date de publication :
30 sept. 1983
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
460 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The Bará, or Fish people of the Northwest Amazon form part of a network of intermarrying local communities - each community speaks a different language and marriages must take place between people from different communities with different languages. Here, Jean Jackson discusses Bar· marriage, kinship, spatial organization and other features of their social landscape.