I Foresee My Life: The Ritual Performance of Autobiography in an Amazonian Community

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Kim — U of N Press / Page vii / / I Foresee My Life / OAKDALE [-7], (7) Lines: 148 to 210 ——— * 49.00316pt PgVar ——— Normal Page * PgEnds: PageBreak [-7], (7) CONTENTS List of Illustrations viii Preface and Acknowledgments ix Note on Translation, Transcription, and Orthography xv Introduction 1 Part 1. Contemporary Issues and Changes in Kayabi Life 1. The Perils of Living in the Xingu Indigenous Park 15 2. The Perils of New-Style Villages 34 Part 2. Autobiographical Narrative Performances 3. The Self-Conscious “Indian” 57 4. The Healing Power of Shamanic Career Narration 76 5. Headmen’s Songs and the End of Mourning 112 Part 3. Understanding the Dialogic Nature of Kayabi Narrative Performances 6. The Kayabi Life Cycle and the Development of a Dialogic Self 143 7. The Cosmic Management of Voices 161 Conclusion 172 Notes 175 References 185 Source Acknowledgments 197 Index 199 ...