The “Midway” as the Place of History

Authors

  • Patrícia de Mendonça Rodrigues Universidade de Chicago

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/cam.v8i1.9551

Keywords:

Javaé, etno-história, agência, gênero.

Abstract

This article presents some general principles of a Javaé’s theory of action, or a theory of reality creation, or alternatively, considerations on how social reality is created/transformed through human agency (a definition of ‘history’). In such a native theory, expressed through mythology and social practices, the subject of action is not the mind of a rational and independent individual, but the relation between two subjects/bodies. All creation, be the biological creation of children or the social creation of social forms, is conceived of as a result of a paradoxical interaction/fusion between the male and female bodies, between the one and the other, between continuities and changes. Once there is no separation between substance and spirits, body and mind, or culture and nature, all creation is understood as a procreation, therefore, the study of corporal concepts and practices is also the study of Javaé ethno-history.

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Published

2007-10-15

How to Cite

Rodrigues, P. de M. (2007). The “Midway” as the Place of History. Campos - Revista De Antropologia, 8(1), 33–43. https://doi.org/10.5380/cam.v8i1.9551

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Vol. 8 (2007)

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