“The sorcerer is not human”: considerations on sorcery and kinship for rethink the xinguano multiethnic system

The article analyzes the sociopolitical dynamics of the xinguano multiethnic system, located in central-west Brazil, drawing from the logics revealed by sorcery practices. Based on fieldwork with the Aweti, a Tupi xinguano group, the analysis of this logic enables a description of the xinguano socio...

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Main Author: Marina Vanzolini
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Buenos Aires 2013-12-01
Series:Runa
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Online Access:http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/644