ISBN:
9780268063047
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0268063044
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 279 pages)
Uniform Title:
Carnavais, malandros e heróis
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Matta, Roberto da Carnivals, rogues, and heroes
Keywords:
Carnival
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National characteristics, Brazilian
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Carnival
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Brazilians
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Carnavals
;
Brésiliens
;
Carnavals - Brésil
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Carnival (pre-Lenten festival)
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73.57 cult, rites (ethnology)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE - Anthropology - Cultural
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Brazilians
;
Carnival
;
Manners and customs
;
National characteristics, Brazilian
;
Carnaval
;
Helden (personen)
;
Cultuur
;
Carnavals - Brésil
;
Caractère national brésilien
;
Brazil Social life and customs
;
Brésil - Mœurs et coutumes
;
Brazil
;
Brésil - Moeurs et coutumes
;
Carnivals
;
Brazil
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface to the English edition.--Introduction: The approach: Social anthropology or comparative sociology. Time, History, and the Social anthropology of ritual life. The role of rituals. Some thoughts on ritual and social life.--1. Carnivals, military parades, and processions: Of routines and rites. Carnival and Independence Day: A comparison: historic time and cosmic time. Authorities and the common people. Of uniforms and fancy costumes. Some theoretical problems. The basic mechanisms of ritualization. Conclusions.--2. The many levels of carnival: Two basic social domains: The house and the street. The house and the street: Dialectics, symbolization, and ritualization. Basic forms of displacement. The invention of carnival: A special space. A manifold space. A rite without a patron. The groups of carnival. Conclusion: The dramatization of carnival.--3. Carnival in Rio and Mardi Gras in New Orleans: A contrastive study. "Carnival" in Brazil and the United States. The two carnivals: social organization and ideologies. Carnivals of equality and hierarchy. --4. "Do you know who you're talking to?!" The distinction between individual and person in Brazil. The expression in theory and practice. The expression as a dramatization of the social world. On the distinction between individual and person. The dialectic between individual and person. The individual, the person, and Brazilian society. Zones of passage.--5. Pedro Malasartes and the paradox of roguery: A triangle of dramas, a triangle of heroes. The myth of Malasartes. The origins of Pedro Malasartes. Mediations: (a) Mediation by honesty. (b) Mediation by vengeance.--6. Augusto Matraga and the hour of renunciation: Names, persona, and social trajectory. Marginality, renunciation, and vengeance. The hour of renunciation. Of rogues, avengers, and renouncers.--References.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279)
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Translation of: Carnavais, malandros e heróis
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