Author: Basso, Ellen B.
Title: In Favor of Deceit: A Study of Tricksters in Amazonian Society
Description: Tucson, University of Arizona Press, (1987). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, xx,376 pp. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: An Elusive Intelligence; The Human Pedigree; Dimensions of Deception; Illusionists Modern & Ancient; Afasa: The Impossible Imitation; In Favor of Deceit; Appendix: Kalapalo Astronomy.

Keywords: Cultural Anthropology, Brazilian Amazon, Apalakiri Indians, Native Americans, Amazonian Brazil, South America, Ethnology Mythology, Ethnography Myth, Tricksters Folklore