The Bachelor, the Peccary and the Hunter: On the Arawete “One”

Authors

  • Camila Becattini Pereira de Caux Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2017.137316

Keywords:

Amazonian Ethnology, Arawete, Singles, Flirting, Kinship

Abstract

This article describes some aspects of jijehã – the singles – among the Arawete, a Tupi Guarani language speaking people of the middle Xingu river (Brazilian Amazon). The core of Arawete adult sociality is the couple; we will explore how the unmarried condition can be seen as a “negative” of such a state. We will examine the uses of the particle “jije” and explore how singles can be considered “singularities” composed by “relations of absence” – as they are not set in a specific alliance, they have virtually multiple relationships. We will, then, describe the relational network of young people and their mobility.

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Published

2017-09-27

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 2 (2017)

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How to Cite

Caux, C. B. P. de. (2017). The Bachelor, the Peccary and the Hunter: On the Arawete “One”. Revista De Antropologia, 60(2), 436-459. https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2017.137316