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Lines and circles: images of time in a Panara village
- Abstract:
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This article is an analysis of dual organization from the perspective of Panará people in central Brazil. It is suggested that the circular layout of villages with a central men's house can be read as instantiating distinct forms of temporality such that recursive transformation on the periphery is opposed to innovative transformation at the centre. Furthermore, I suggest that the tendency for innovation at the centre makes this the privileged space in which to encounter and incorporate pe...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Journal website
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 261-279
- Publication date:
- 2003-06-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1467-9655
- ISSN:
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1359-0987
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- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
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- Local pid:
- ora:8020
- Deposit date:
- 2014-02-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Royal Anthropological Institute
- Copyright date:
- 2003
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