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.
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 1998
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Eastern South America
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1997
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1500s - early 1900s
- Coverage Place
- Paraguay
- Notes
- Hélène Clastres ; translated by Jacqueline Grenez Brovender
- Translation of: Terre sans mal
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-125) and index
- LCCN
- 94032437
- LCSH
- Guarani Indians