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The Play of Mirrors: The Representation of Self Mirrored in the Other (LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series) by Sylvia Caiuby Novaes is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
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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 psych
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- Author
- Sylvia Caiuby Novaes
- Publisher
- Austin: University of Texas Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780292711969
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Anthropology, History, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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