ETHNOGENESIS AND RE-ELABORATION OF CULTURE AMONG THE KRAHÔ-KANELA PEOPLE AND OTHER INDIGENOUS GROUPS
Over the past forty years we have seen in Brazil the intensification of the processes of ethnogenesis of indigenous groups. Populations that for a long time concealed their identities, have turned to assert their past and Indianness, fighting for recognition of their status by ethnic state officials...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2013 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repositório: | Revista Espaço ameríndio |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/33293 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/33293 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Povos indígenas etnogêneses identidade cultura tradição. Etnogênese e reelaboação da cultura entre povos indígenas Indigenous people ethnogenesis identity culture tradition |
| Resumo: | Over the past forty years we have seen in Brazil the intensification of the processes of ethnogenesis of indigenous groups. Populations that for a long time concealed their identities, have turned to assert their past and Indianness, fighting for recognition of their status by ethnic state officials, to ensure access to specific rights prescribed by the laws. The struggle of these groups also seeks to achieve conditions to rebuild their communities, going to live with more dignity, restoring their self-esteem, in pursuit of full citizenship. The Indian state agency, however, came to deny the "authenticity" of these various ethnic groups. For this reason, the (re) construction of these identities permeates, in most cases, the development of a self-image synchronized with the stereotypical representations that Brazilian society have of the "generic Indian". This self-image is drawn in the expectation to fit the common sense representation that such communities suppose to be a requirement, particularly by the official body for recognize their indigenous status. For example, we analyze more closely the emblematic case of the Indians Krahô-Kanela, from the state of Tocantins. |
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