Book
Prophets of agroforestry: Guarani communities and commercial gathering
University of Texas Press • Austin • Published In 1995 • Pages:
By: Reed, Richard K..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an ethnographic study of the Chiripa Guarani of the Itanaramí village area in the Mbaracayu region of Paraguay. Fieldwork for this document was done primarily during the period of 1981-1984 with brief subsequent visits following. The major theme of the work is the exploration of the various factors, both social and economic, which have permitted the Chiripa to maintain their distinct culture and society even though they have been in contact with the dominant Paraguayan society for several centuries. Reed discusses the social and ecological context for Chiripa life, the development of commercial extraction processes in the area and their importance to the formation of the state, the basic structure of Chiripa society (including the components which hold it together), the indigenous agroforestry economy, leadership and religion, labor, Mestizo-Indian relationships, and the overall theoretical and applied implications of the author's research.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Lumbering
- Forest products
- Ethnic stratification
- Nuclear family
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1981-1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chiripa Guarani; Itanarami village, Mbaracayu region, Paraguay
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard K. Reed
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94010634
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Guarani Indians