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1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Content:
The Guaraní live in lowland South America. They are heterogeneous wide-ranging groups inhabiting sub-tropical regions from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. This file consists of 9 documents with a time span of coverage from approximately the fifteenth century to the early 1990s. The geographic focus of the file is rather diffuse ranging from southern Brazil, southern Mato Grosso, Paraguay, and the border areas of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. The best general coverage of all Guaraní groups is that found in Métraux. Schaden's material concentrates on the Guaraní subgroups of Mbyá Ñandevá, and Kayová; Hanke and the Watsons focus their attention on the Cayua (Kaiowá). The specific location of the Watson's fieldwork centers on the village of Taquapir. The more recent studies by Clastres and Ganson deal primarily with the historical Guaraní population in Paraguay and the mission areas on the borders of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Reed's work on the Chiripá of Paraguay (1981-1984) is an exploration of the various social and economic factors which has permitted this group to maintain their own distinct culture and society even after many years of contact with the dominant Paraguayan society. Major subject coverage in this file is on acculturation in various forms -- in terms of the Guaraní economy, religion, material culture, community and family structure, music, and folklore
Note:
Culture summary: Guaraní - Richard Reed and John Beierle (file evaluation and indexing notes) - 1998 -- - Contribution on the culture of the Cayua - Wanda Hanke - 1956 -- - Fundamental aspects of Guaraní culture - Egon Schaden - 1962 -- - Cayuá culture change: a study in acculturation and methodology - James B. Watson - 1952 -- - Notes on the kinship system of the Cayua Indians - Virginia Drew Watson - 1944 -- - The Guarani - By Alfred Métraux - 1948 -- - Historic influences and change in the economy of a southern Mato Grosso tribe - James B. Watson - 1945 -- - The land without evil: Tupí-Guaraní prophetism - Hélène Clastres ; translated by Jacqueline Grenez Brovender - 1995 -- - Better not take my manioc: Guarani religion, society, and politics in the Jesuit missions of Paraguay - Barbara Anne Ganson - 1994 -- - Prophets of agroforestry: Guarani communities and commercial gathering - Richard K. Reed - 1995
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Guaraní
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