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In Favor of Deceit. A Study of Tricksters in an Amazonian Society.
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In Favor of Deceit. A Study of Tricksters in an Amazonian Society. Hardcover - 1987

by Basso, Ellen B

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Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1987. xx, 376pp, index, glossary, bibliography, notes, appendix, bw ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Sticker mark on front free endpaper, front flap creased. The Kalapolo Indians of central Brazil demonstrate a fascination with deception and its many functions. in myths about tricksters and dupes, they explore the ambiguity of human experience, showing how important to human understanding is a sense of illusion, paradox and contradiction.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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  • Title In Favor of Deceit. A Study of Tricksters in an Amazonian Society.
  • Author Basso, Ellen B
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 376
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Arizona Press, Tucson
  • Date 1987
  • Features Dust Cover, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 048734
  • ISBN 9780816510221 / 0816510229
  • Weight 1.77 lbs (0.80 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.1 x 1.23 in (23.72 x 15.49 x 3.12 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Deception, Folklore - Brazil
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 87018784
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.208

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In stories ranging from subtle creation myths to derisive, off-color tales, the Kalapalo Indians of central Brazil demonstrate a fascination with deception and its many functions. In myths about tricksters and dupes, they explore the ambiguity of human experience, showing how important to human understanding is a sense of illusion, paradox, and contradiction. Ellen Basso's new study of these stories considers their relationship to other kinds of Kalapalo activities involving deception and features a unique collection of South American Indian narratives translated directly from performances by master storytellers in their original Carib language. Combining an ethnopoetic, performance-focused approach to storytelling with an action-oriented psychology, Basso arrives at an ethnographic understanding of Kalapalo trickster myths and Kalapalo ideas about deception. The commentary on the translations considers matters of theme, discourse, narrative progression, and performance context. The dialogical, interactive nature of Kalapalo storytelling, the development of characters through their conversations with one another, and the many ways storytelling and ordinary life enrich one another are examined to reveal the complex psychology of trickster myths and the special tricksterish quality of day-to-day Kalapalo behavior.

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