Desire and pleasure: one aspect of sexuality among the Karitiana

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v24i24p505-523

Keywords:

Karitiana, Sexuality, Personhood, Kinship, Emotions

Abstract

This article intends to analyze one out of many aspects of the sexual life among the Karitiana, a Tupi Arikem indigenous group, looking at its connections with other instances of the group social life. From its relation to different fields – namely, mythology, bodies’ dynamics, emotions and sensations –, it is possible to perceive that, when connected to these other spheres, sexual desire and pleasure assume a privileged position in the process of the fabrication of people, in the architecture of sociability, and even in making possible the very existence of society itself.

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Author Biography

  • Andréa Oliveira Castro, Universidade Federal do Paraná

    Mestrado em Antropologia Social PPGAS/Museu Nacional/UFRJ e doutoranda na Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Participa do grupo de pesquisa CNPQ Antropologia das Fronteiras Conceituais - UFJF Professora Adjunta da Universidade Federal do Paraná na área de Antropologia, com ênfase em Etnologia Indígena.

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Published

2016-06-17

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 24 (2015)

Section

Special Section

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How to Cite

Castro, A. O. (2016). Desire and pleasure: one aspect of sexuality among the Karitiana. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 24(24), 505-523. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v24i24p505-523