African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
247 p., Related black communities claim different ethnoracial identities based in laws. Anthropologists widely agree that identities - even ethnic and racial ones - are socially constructed. This book shows how law can successfully serve as the impetus for the transformation of cultural practices and collective identity.
Lindoso,Dirceu (Author) and Cavalcanti,Bruno César (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Language:
Portuguese
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
Maceió, AL Brazil: EDUFAL
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
234 p., Contents: Lições de etnologia geral : introdução ao estudo de seus princípios -- O Andarilho e a Mãe-de-Santo : o negro na obra de Arthur Ramos -- Na Aldeia de la-ti-lhá : etnografia dos índios Tapuias do Nordeste. Other Titles: Dois estudios de etnologia brasileira
Borneman praises Evelyn Blackwood for using ethnographic evidence from Indonesia and the Caribbean to enter into debates on matrifocality and marriage. Borenman is less convinced, however, about the significance or her general advocacy claim about gender
