Individual and Society in Guiana: A Comparative Study of Amerindian Social Organisation (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
(Book #51 in the Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology Series)
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The Amerindian peoples of Guiana, the geographical region of north-east South America, have long been recognized as forming a distinct variety of the tropical forest culture. In this book, Peter Rivi re employs a comparative perspective to reveal that Guianan societies, generally characterized as socially fluid and amorphous, are in fact much more highly structured than they first appear, and he identifies certain common patterns of social organization that result from sets of individual choices and relationships. By contrasting the characteristics of Guianan society with those from elsewhere in Lowland South America, he constructs a spectrum of complexity of Amerindian social structure, and argues that the Guianan variant represents the logically simplest form of organization in the area.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521269970
ISBN13:9780521269971
Release Date:December 1984
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:136 Pages
Weight:0.46 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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