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The Play of Mirrors: The Representation of Self Mirrored in the Other

The Play of Mirrors: The Representation of Self Mirrored in the Other

The Play of Mirrors: The Representation of Self Mirrored in the Other
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The Play of Mirrors: The Representation of Self Mirrored in the Other

The Play of Mirrors: The Representation of Self Mirrored in the Other

Overview

Focusing on the Bororo people of west-central Brazil, this book addresses the construction of self-identity through interethnic interaction. By presenting the images the Bororo have of themselves as well as the images of others who have interacted with them, Brazilian anthropologist Sylvia Caiuby Novaes argues convincingly that Bororo self-images are constructed with the aid of a peculiar looking-glass—it is in the images of others that they see themselves.

Incorporating contributions from psychology, psychoanalysis, linguistics, and semiotics, Play of Mirrors focuses on symbols, images, discourse, and meanings rather than solely on the problem of acculturation. It thus reflects the thinking of a new generation of Brazilian anthropologists who have shifted their focus from native communities as isolated entities to an examination of their embeddedness within broader national and international arenas.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780292711969
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 05/01/1997
Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series
Edition description: 1ST UNIVER
Pages: 199
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Author Sylvia Caiuby Novaes is Professor of Anthropology at the Universidade de São Paulo and has conducted field research among Brazilian Indians for more than twenty years. Izabel Murat Burbridge is a freelance translator in São Paulo.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Contemporary Anthropology and Studies of Identity and Social Change
  • 2. Identity in the Broad Sense: The Other as Model
  • 3. Literature as Mirror: Different Views of Social Change in Bororo Society
  • 4. Self-Image as Formed in the Play of Mirrors: Structural Distance and Reference Values
  • 5. The Salesian Missions in Mato Grosso
  • 6. The Salesians and the Progressive Church: The Reshaping of an Image
  • 7. Missionaries and Indians: Identification Created through Martyrdom
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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