L’inflation à la mode Kayapo : rituel, marchandise et monnaie chez les Xikrin (Kayapo) de l’Amazonie brésilienne

Inflation Kayapo-style : ritual, commodity and money among the Xikrin (Kayapo) of Brasilian Amazonia. The Xikrin (a Kayapo group of Brazilian Amazonia, who speak the mebêngôkre language of the Gê linguistic stock) show a great interest in objects made by the White people. Surprisingly enough, money...

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Published in:Journal de la Société des Américanistes 2010-12, Vol.96 (2), p.205-228
Main Author: Gordon, César
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
merchandise
money
ritual
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Summary:Inflation Kayapo-style : ritual, commodity and money among the Xikrin (Kayapo) of Brasilian Amazonia. The Xikrin (a Kayapo group of Brazilian Amazonia, who speak the mebêngôkre language of the Gê linguistic stock) show a great interest in objects made by the White people. Surprisingly enough, money and goods have become embedded in every domain of Xikrin life, including kinship, economy, politics and ritual. In this paper, I try to show that this sort of consumerism results of a complex interaction between general principles of Kayapo sociocosmology and the particular historical conditions in which such principles operate and are actualized.
ISSN:0037-9174
1957-7842
DOI:10.4000/jsa.11567