article
Land, politics and benevolent shamanism: the Enxet Indians in a democratic Paraguay
Journal of Latin American studies • 27 (1) • Published In 1995 • Pages: 43-75
By: Kidd, Stephen W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document covers the history of land dispossession and recent efforts to reclaim it. The author also discusses local electoral politics that affect Enxet solidarity and land claims efforts.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Real property
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- External relations
- Political parties
- Elections
- Political machines
- Political movements
- Religious denominations
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Enxet and Enlhet
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2018
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1984-1995
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1953-1995
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern-central Presidente Hayes, Paraguay
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stephen W. Kidd
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79008163
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Lengua Indians