Feasts, Wars and Exchanges Between Southern Aparai and Wayana

Authors

  • Gabriel Coutinho Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2011.39647

Keywords:

Exchange, war, Aparai, Wayana, Pierre Clastres

Abstract

This article deals with some issues addressed by Pierre Clastres about the specific character of the exchange of goods in primitive society and its linkage to the war. It begins with a general discussion about the relevance of the author’s ideas on the ‘against-economic’ sense of these exchanges, considering the widespread but little studied phenomenon of the exchanges of goods in indigenous Amazonia. It highlights the irreducibility of such exchanges to trade and its role in the formation of regional networks of articulation. Then, the article approaches the relationship between such exchanges and the war from the perspective of Southern Aparai and Wayana (Caribbean). Based on a narrative about their mutual peace and at multicommunal feasts, it addresses the debate between Clastres and Lévi- Strauss on the priority of war or exchange, to show how the coexistence of two phenomena is thought from the Aparai and Wayana perspective.

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Author Biography

  • Gabriel Coutinho, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
    é Professor Adjunto I do Departamento de Antropologia da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (CFH/UFSC) desde 2010, Bacharel em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade de São Paulo (1995), Mestre em Antropologia Social pela Universidade de São Paulo (2002), Doutor em Antropologia Social pela Universidade de São Paulo (2008) e foi Pós-Doutorando na Universidade Estadual de Campinas (entre 2009 e 2010). Pesquisador do Núcleo de História Indígena e do Indigenismo da Universidade de São Paulo (NHII-USP) desde 1995, participa atualmente do Projeto Temático "Redes Ameríndias: geração e tranformação de relações nas Terras Baixas Sul-americanas". Realizou atividades de assessoria na implementação e avaliação de políticas públicas em saúde e educação. Tem experiência na área de Antropologia, com ênfase em Etnologia Indígena, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: etnologia sul-americana, relações interétnicas e teoria da troca.

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Published

2012-08-24

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Dossiê

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How to Cite

Coutinho, G. (2012). Feasts, Wars and Exchanges Between Southern Aparai and Wayana. Revista De Antropologia, 54(2). https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2011.39647