Living as a relative: notes on the conception of person and the social organization of the apiaká

Authors

  • Giovana Acácia Tempesta Universidade de Brasília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v13i1.11176

Keywords:

Apiaká indians, social organization, concept of the person, witchcraft accusations.

Abstract

In this paper, I’ll discuss how the Apiaká Indians person’s conception articulates with their social organization. The Apiaká are a Tupi-Guarani speaking people that inhabit the region of the Tapajós River basin, in the southeastern Amazonia. The historic and ethnographic data presented show that, despite the devastating effects of the Amazonian rubber boom, there is a sociocultural continuity due to the regional social system which articulates Apiaká, Kaiabi Indians and Munduruku Indians. Such continuity, whichintegrates the “familiarizing predation” model (Fausto, 2000; 2001) may be apprehended through the analysis of the local morality and of the witchcraft accusations.

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Published

2010-08-31

How to Cite

TEMPESTA, G. A. Living as a relative: notes on the conception of person and the social organization of the apiaká. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 13, n. 1, p. 91–99, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v13i1.11176. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/11176. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Thematic Dossier

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