Book
The Land-without-Evil: Tupí-Guaraní prophetism
University of Illinois Press • Urbana And Chicago • Published In 1995 • Pages:
By: Clastres, Hélène, Brovender, Jacqueline Grenez.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The major emphasis in this work is on Tupí-Guaraní prophetism, with a particular focus on the Guaraní. Clastres's study combines historical accounts from the early colonial period with ethnographic knowledge of Tupí-Guaraní religions in the twentieth century. ' In a concise, highly analytical style, Clastres's critique of earlier interpretations of Tupí-Guaraní religious movements takes us deeply into the major historical and anthropological sources though focusing on the thesis that Tupí-Guaraní migrations in search of the Land-without-Evil were generated by basic contradictions in indigenous societies rather than the history of interethnic relations with Catholic missionaries and other Europeans during the colonial period' (p. viii). In general the author's model of socioreligious dynamics revolves around two major foci, both of which are highly salient in current (1990s) anthropology: (1) the analysis of power relations within indigenous societies, and (2) the examination of mythic narrative and ritual speech as forms of indigenous discourse that are constitutive as well as reflective of sociopolitical relations (p. ix).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Community heads
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Eschatology
- Prophets and ascetics
- Missions
- Ethnopsychology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Guaraní
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1500s - early 1900s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Paraguay
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hélène Clastres ; translated by Jacqueline Grenez Brovender
- Translation of: Terre sans mal
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-125) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94032437
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Guarani Indians