THE NAME OF THE RELATION: Making a Difference in Aweti Onomastics.
Taking as a starting point an apparently minor event during my fieldwork--the fact that I received an indigenous name from the Aweti, a Tupi-speaking people who inhabit the upper reaches of the Xingu River--this article explores how personal qualities are elicited through names. A presentation of th...
| Publicado en: | Social Analysis Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 102 - 122 |
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