essay
The Tapirapé during the era of reconstruction
Brazil, anthropological perspectives : essays in honor of Charles Wagley • New York • Published In 1979 • Pages: 61-85, 405-435
By: Shapiro, Judith R. (Judith Rae).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is basically a study of the history of the Tapirapé during the twentieth century, particularly since they began to have sustained contact with outsiders in the 1930s. Shapiro describes early contacts of the Tapirapé with their more aggressive neighbors the Kayapó and Karajá, and how social changes were introduced to the society through contacts with the Brazilian government (e. g., the Indian Protection Service), anthropologists, and missionaries, such as Father François Jentel, and the nuns of the order of the Litle Sisters of Jesus. The author also discusses in detail the role of the Little Sisters of Jesus, in bringing about some degree of Tapirapé cultural revitalization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Missions
- Organized ceremonial
- Moieties
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tapirapé
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- essay
- 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; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966-1967, 1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1977
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Village of Tawaiho, mouth of the Tapirapé river, northeastern Mato Grosso state, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Judith Shapiro
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-435)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79011843
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tapirapé Indians