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Space-time of the Bororo of Brazil (Hardcover, New)
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Space-time of the Bororo of Brazil (Hardcover, New)
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For America's native peoples, Fabian writes, the sky is a daily -
and nightly - influence on their society and culture. In a
comprehensive study of a lowland South American people's astronomy,
he explains how the Bororo Indians of Brazil integrate the social,
natural and cosmic dimensions of time and space into their
environment. Fabian introduces the Bororo by recounting a newly
collected version of their birdnester myth that alludes to the
spatial dimensions that govern Bororo village organization. Time is
mapped onto the circular village structure, astronomical
observations plot the nature and location of daily activities, and
the perimeter of the settlement is synchronized with circadian and
seasonal cycles. The village itself acts as a retrieval and
classification system that functions much as lists or tables would
in a literate society. By using extensive cross-cultural materials
and a holistic approach that emphasizes relationships rather than
objects, Fabian lets the Bororo speak for themselves. His
interpretive work combines myth and folklore with personal
interviews, archival research, and discussion of his own
participation in ceremonies and secular activities during the
ten-month period he and his wife lived among the Bororo. Of
interest to anthropologists, folklorists, ethnoastronomers, and
students of religion, ""Space-time of the Bororo of Brazil"" shows
that the Bororo animate a complex, rational system, a realization,
Fabian writes, ""that must both broaden and deepen our
understanding, appreciation and respect for all native societies"".
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