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The Aparai and Wayana and their networks of exchange
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| Author(s): |
Gabriel Coutinho Barbosa
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2008-04-09 |
| Examining board members: |
Dominique Tilkin Gallois;
Cesar Claudio Gordon Junior;
Sylvia Maria Caiuby Novaes;
Marcio Ferreira da Silva;
Lucia Hussak van Velthem
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| Advisor: | Dominique Tilkin Gallois |
| Abstract | |
The present work is a study of various forms of exchange related to the circulation of goods along a network of relations of which participate the Aparai and Wayana (carib people, who live in the North of Pará), in the Western Region of the Guianas. In order to identify the principles and values which guide these practices, it examines how the Aparai and Wayana themselves conceive, relate and compare these styles of transaction. The interpersonal exc hange partnerships, the obligations of each son-in-law to his father-in-law, the relationship between the settlement leaders and local residents, the trading with rubber gatherers and miners in the region (debt peonage system) are mainly analyzed. (AU) | |