P G Rivière
Biographic Data
| ID | 3618005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P G Rivière |
| GIVEN NAMES | P G |
| FAMILY NAME | Rivière |
| SIGNATURE | RIVIÈRE P G |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 218 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The Cosmic Zygote: Cosmology in the Amazon Basin
A report on the trio Indians of Surinam
This article provides a comprehensive ethnographic overview of the Trio, an indigenous group inhabiting the forests of southern Suriname. Rivière details their social organization, kinship system, subsistence strategies, material culture, cosmology, and religious beliefs. He emphasizes the impact of contact with outsiders, including missionaries and government officials, on Trio culture and social structures. The study also examines the challenge…
The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology & Anthropophagy
Um mundo dividido: A estutura social dos Indois Apinaye
Este artigo examina a estrutura social dos índios Apinayé, um grupo Timbira do Brasil Central, argumentando que sua organização social aparentemente simples, baseada em metades exogâmicas e classes de idade, na verdade mascara uma complexa teia de relações sociais. Riviere e Da Matta analisam o papel dos rituais, especialmente o rito de iniciação masculina, na manutenção da ordem social e na reprodução das distinções sociais. O artigo destaca a i…
Welcome of Tears: The Tapirape Indians of Central Brazil
This article revisits Peter Rivière's fieldwork among the Tapirapé of Central Brazil, focusing on the ritual of "Welcome of Tears." Rivière, building on earlier work by Charles Wagley, analyzes this ritual as a key expression of Tapirapé social structure and cosmology. The ritual, performed upon the return of a hunting party, involves a complex interplay of prescribed weeping, formalized greetings, and the distribution of meat. It highlights the …
Mehinaku: The Drama of Daily Life in a Brazilian Indian Village
Thomas Gregor sees the Mehinaku Indians of central Brazil as performers of roles, engaged in an ongoing improvisational drama of community life. The layout of the village and the architecture of the houses make the community a natural theater in the round, rendering the villagers' actions highly visible and audible. Lacking privacy, the Mehinaku have become masters of stagecraft and impression management, enthusiastically publicizing their good c…
Suicide and social control in New Britain
Noie had always been a nonentity. He was not really a heap of refuse, like a few other in the village, but surely a marginal man. For one thing he had been an orphan since early childhood, and his clansmen living in the vicinity never cared much for him. Needless to say, no girl had been promised to him on her birth. Indeed, what parents would have been foolish enough to commit themselves to regular food exchanges with his relatives until marriag…
Sacha Runa: Ethnicity and Adaptation of Ecuadorian Jungle Quichua
This article examines the social organization and adaptive strategies of the Sacha Runa, a group of Quichua-speaking people inhabiting the Upper Amazonian region of Ecuador. The authors challenge the prevailing view of Amazonian indigenous groups as isolated and culturally homogeneous, highlighting the Sacha Runa's active engagement with the broader Ecuadorian society and economy. They demonstrate how the Sacha Runa have strategically adapted to …
Le cercle des feux: Faits et dits des Indiens yanomami
This article explores the complex social dynamics and symbolic world of the Yanomami, an indigenous group inhabiting the Amazon rainforest. Rivière and Lizot analyze the Yanomami concept of "the circle of fires," which represents not only their physical villages but also their intricate kinship networks, alliances, and rivalries. The authors examine the role of feasting, exchange, and storytelling in maintaining social cohesion and resolving conf…
Relationships, Residence and the Individual: A Rural Panamanian Community
1. The country, people and problem2. Village life and ties to the larger society3. Economic organization4. God, the devil and the saints5. The individual6. The household7. The household and the elementary family8. From natal to conjugal household9. Forms of conjugal relations 10. Conjugal instability11. Extra-domestic kinship and affinity12. Forming the 'compadrazgo'13. The structure of 'compadrazgo'14. Relationships, residence, religion and the …
Principles of Tzeltal Plant Classification: An Introduction to the Botanical Ethnography of a Mayan-Speaking People of Highland Chiapas
The Couvade: A Problem Reborn
The Bolivian Aymara
The Social Anthropology of Latin America: Essays in Honor of Ralph Leon Beals
The Honour of Sanchez
Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion
Oblique Discontinuous Exchange: A New Formal Type of Prescriptive Alliance
Age: A Determinant of Social Classification
This article examines the influence of age as a determinant of social classification, arguing that age, like gender and kinship, serves as a fundamental principle for organizing social relations. Rivière challenges the prevailing anthropological focus on kinship and descent as primary organizing principles, demonstrating how age-based categories shape social roles, responsibilities, and access to resources. He explores the dynamic interplay betwe…
The Cosmic Zygote: Cosmology in the Amazon Basin
The Couvade: A Problem Reborn
Welcome of Tears: The Tapirape Indians of Central Brazil
This article revisits Peter Rivière's fieldwork among the Tapirapé of Central Brazil, focusing on the ritual of "Welcome of Tears." Rivière, building on earlier work by Charles Wagley, analyzes this ritual as a key expression of Tapirapé social structure and cosmology. The ritual, performed upon the return of a hunting party, involves a complex interplay of prescribed weeping, formalized greetings, and the distribution of meat. It highlights the …
Sacha Runa: Ethnicity and Adaptation of Ecuadorian Jungle Quichua
This article examines the social organization and adaptive strategies of the Sacha Runa, a group of Quichua-speaking people inhabiting the Upper Amazonian region of Ecuador. The authors challenge the prevailing view of Amazonian indigenous groups as isolated and culturally homogeneous, highlighting the Sacha Runa's active engagement with the broader Ecuadorian society and economy. They demonstrate how the Sacha Runa have strategically adapted to …
Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion
The Bolivian Aymara
Um mundo dividido: A estutura social dos Indois Apinaye
Este artigo examina a estrutura social dos índios Apinayé, um grupo Timbira do Brasil Central, argumentando que sua organização social aparentemente simples, baseada em metades exogâmicas e classes de idade, na verdade mascara uma complexa teia de relações sociais. Riviere e Da Matta analisam o papel dos rituais, especialmente o rito de iniciação masculina, na manutenção da ordem social e na reprodução das distinções sociais. O artigo destaca a i…
Oblique Discontinuous Exchange: A New Formal Type of Prescriptive Alliance
Le cercle des feux: Faits et dits des Indiens yanomami
This article explores the complex social dynamics and symbolic world of the Yanomami, an indigenous group inhabiting the Amazon rainforest. Rivière and Lizot analyze the Yanomami concept of "the circle of fires," which represents not only their physical villages but also their intricate kinship networks, alliances, and rivalries. The authors examine the role of feasting, exchange, and storytelling in maintaining social cohesion and resolving conf…
The Honour of Sanchez
The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology & Anthropophagy
Relationships, Residence and the Individual: A Rural Panamanian Community
1. The country, people and problem2. Village life and ties to the larger society3. Economic organization4. God, the devil and the saints5. The individual6. The household7. The household and the elementary family8. From natal to conjugal household9. Forms of conjugal relations 10. Conjugal instability11. Extra-domestic kinship and affinity12. Forming the 'compadrazgo'13. The structure of 'compadrazgo'14. Relationships, residence, religion and the …
Suicide and social control in New Britain
Noie had always been a nonentity. He was not really a heap of refuse, like a few other in the village, but surely a marginal man. For one thing he had been an orphan since early childhood, and his clansmen living in the vicinity never cared much for him. Needless to say, no girl had been promised to him on her birth. Indeed, what parents would have been foolish enough to commit themselves to regular food exchanges with his relatives until marriag…
The Social Anthropology of Latin America: Essays in Honor of Ralph Leon Beals
Principles of Tzeltal Plant Classification: An Introduction to the Botanical Ethnography of a Mayan-Speaking People of Highland Chiapas
Age: A Determinant of Social Classification
This article examines the influence of age as a determinant of social classification, arguing that age, like gender and kinship, serves as a fundamental principle for organizing social relations. Rivière challenges the prevailing anthropological focus on kinship and descent as primary organizing principles, demonstrating how age-based categories shape social roles, responsibilities, and access to resources. He explores the dynamic interplay betwe…
Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion
Oblique Discontinuous Exchange: A New Formal Type of Prescriptive Alliance
Age: A Determinant of Social Classification
This article examines the influence of age as a determinant of social classification, arguing that age, like gender and kinship, serves as a fundamental principle for organizing social relations. Rivière challenges the prevailing anthropological focus on kinship and descent as primary organizing principles, demonstrating how age-based categories shape social roles, responsibilities, and access to resources. He explores the dynamic interplay betwe…
The Honour of Sanchez
The Bolivian Aymara
The Social Anthropology of Latin America: Essays in Honor of Ralph Leon Beals
The Couvade: A Problem Reborn
Principles of Tzeltal Plant Classification: An Introduction to the Botanical Ethnography of a Mayan-Speaking People of Highland Chiapas
Suicide and social control in New Britain
Noie had always been a nonentity. He was not really a heap of refuse, like a few other in the village, but surely a marginal man. For one thing he had been an orphan since early childhood, and his clansmen living in the vicinity never cared much for him. Needless to say, no girl had been promised to him on her birth. Indeed, what parents would have been foolish enough to commit themselves to regular food exchanges with his relatives until marriag…
Sacha Runa: Ethnicity and Adaptation of Ecuadorian Jungle Quichua
This article examines the social organization and adaptive strategies of the Sacha Runa, a group of Quichua-speaking people inhabiting the Upper Amazonian region of Ecuador. The authors challenge the prevailing view of Amazonian indigenous groups as isolated and culturally homogeneous, highlighting the Sacha Runa's active engagement with the broader Ecuadorian society and economy. They demonstrate how the Sacha Runa have strategically adapted to …
Le cercle des feux: Faits et dits des Indiens yanomami
This article explores the complex social dynamics and symbolic world of the Yanomami, an indigenous group inhabiting the Amazon rainforest. Rivière and Lizot analyze the Yanomami concept of "the circle of fires," which represents not only their physical villages but also their intricate kinship networks, alliances, and rivalries. The authors examine the role of feasting, exchange, and storytelling in maintaining social cohesion and resolving conf…
Relationships, Residence and the Individual: A Rural Panamanian Community
1. The country, people and problem2. Village life and ties to the larger society3. Economic organization4. God, the devil and the saints5. The individual6. The household7. The household and the elementary family8. From natal to conjugal household9. Forms of conjugal relations 10. Conjugal instability11. Extra-domestic kinship and affinity12. Forming the 'compadrazgo'13. The structure of 'compadrazgo'14. Relationships, residence, religion and the …
Um mundo dividido: A estutura social dos Indois Apinaye
Este artigo examina a estrutura social dos índios Apinayé, um grupo Timbira do Brasil Central, argumentando que sua organização social aparentemente simples, baseada em metades exogâmicas e classes de idade, na verdade mascara uma complexa teia de relações sociais. Riviere e Da Matta analisam o papel dos rituais, especialmente o rito de iniciação masculina, na manutenção da ordem social e na reprodução das distinções sociais. O artigo destaca a i…
Welcome of Tears: The Tapirape Indians of Central Brazil
This article revisits Peter Rivière's fieldwork among the Tapirapé of Central Brazil, focusing on the ritual of "Welcome of Tears." Rivière, building on earlier work by Charles Wagley, analyzes this ritual as a key expression of Tapirapé social structure and cosmology. The ritual, performed upon the return of a hunting party, involves a complex interplay of prescribed weeping, formalized greetings, and the distribution of meat. It highlights the …
Mehinaku: The Drama of Daily Life in a Brazilian Indian Village
Thomas Gregor sees the Mehinaku Indians of central Brazil as performers of roles, engaged in an ongoing improvisational drama of community life. The layout of the village and the architecture of the houses make the community a natural theater in the round, rendering the villagers' actions highly visible and audible. Lacking privacy, the Mehinaku have become masters of stagecraft and impression management, enthusiastically publicizing their good c…
The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology & Anthropophagy
A report on the trio Indians of Surinam
This article provides a comprehensive ethnographic overview of the Trio, an indigenous group inhabiting the forests of southern Suriname. Rivière details their social organization, kinship system, subsistence strategies, material culture, cosmology, and religious beliefs. He emphasizes the impact of contact with outsiders, including missionaries and government officials, on Trio culture and social structures. The study also examines the challenge…
The Cosmic Zygote: Cosmology in the Amazon Basin
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