The funeral rituals of the peoples of the sea: schismogenesis and semiotics of social performances

The article presents an ethnographic account of the Visita, an oral funeral ritual practised by the inhabitants of the seafaring fishing community of Tatajuba, located on the far-west coast of the state of Ceará, 365 kilometres from Fortaleza. In keeping with the classic anthropological theory and m...

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Main Author:	Santos, Potyguara Alencar dos
Format:	Online
Language:	Portuguese
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2011
Subjects:	Antropologia da arte e do rito Rituais orais fúnebres Semiótica Cismogênese Comunidade de pescadores marítimos Anthropology of art and ritual Oral funeral rituals Semiotic Schismogenesis Sea fishing community Antropología del arte y el ritual Rituales funerarios orales Cismogénesis Comunidad de pescadores marítimos
Online Access:	https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/proa/article/view/16456
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