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One anthropologist from this country used the example of animals seeing blood as beer to illustrate the idea of “multinaturalism,” helping initiate anthropology’s ontological turn. An ethnography of this country describes the seeming indifference of poor mothers to the deaths of their infants, only some of whom possess the “knack” for life. One memoir recounts fieldwork in this country from which the author gained that the (*) Nambikwara and Caduveo were “neither true Indians nor true savages;” that memoir is Tristes Tropiques. (10[2])Daniel Everett controversially claimed that a language from this country has no terms of quantification. Eduardo Viveiros de Castro’s Cannibal Metaphysics describes the “Amerindian perspectivism” of this country’s indigenous people, like the Pirahã. For 10 points, name this country (10[1])that contains most of the Amazon Rainforest. ■END■

ANSWER: Brazil [or Federative Republic of Brazil or República Federativa do Brasil]
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JamesMichigan AMichigan B8010
Shourjo GanguliOhio State A Kenyon A 8010
CaseyKenyon BOhio State B11910