The "15" and the "23": kaingang politicians and politics

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https://doi.org/10.5380/cam.v7i2.7437

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Kaingang, faccionalismo, domínio público, unidade de troca

Abstract

This article analyses the participation of a Kaingang Indian group in the 2004 municipal elections. These Kaingang Indians live in Terra Indígena Ivaí, seven kilometers distant from the city of Manoel Ribas – Paraná, South Brazil. Throughout the election period the political parties built up alliances represented by the labels "15" and "23". Among the Kaingang, factional tensions occurred along the whole electoral process, implying internal political rearrangements. Following the anthropological theory, this article discusses the culturally specific conditions involved in the Kaingang exchange system which, in these elections, entailed a redefinition of their conception of public domain.

Author Biography

Ricardo Cid Fernandes, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Paraná

doutor em Antropologia Social pela Universidade de São Paulo, é professor do Departamento de Antropologia da Universidade Federal do Paraná

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Fernandes, R. C. (2006). The "15" and the "23": kaingang politicians and politics. Campos - Revista De Antropologia, 7(2), 27–47. https://doi.org/10.5380/cam.v7i2.7437

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Vol. 7 (2006)

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