Dance of the Dolphin
Transformation and Disenchantment in the Amazonian Imagination
321 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings 6 x 9
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1994
Cloth $81.00
ISBN: 9780226761831
Published June 1994
Paper $25.00
ISBN: 9780226761848
Published September 1994
Acknowledgments
Invitation to the Dance
1: Time and Place
2: The Storytellers
3: Stories and Beliefs about Dolphins as Special Fish
4: Stories and Beliefs about Dolphins as Supernatural Beings
5: Questions of Performance
6: The Dolphin as Encantado
7: The Dolphin as Lover
8: The Dolphin as White Man
9: Transformation and Disenchantment
Appendix 1. Glossary of Selected Terms
Appendix 2. Portuguese-Language Originals of Stories in the Text
References
Index
Awards
- Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize
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