Gender, power, and mobility among the Awá-Guajá (Maranhão, Brazil)

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Hernando, Almudena; Politis, Gustavo Gabriel; González Ruibal, Alfredo; Beserra Cohelo, Elizabeth
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2011
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The Awá (also known as Guajá) are hunter-gatherers whose way of life prior to their first contact with Brazilian society has been altered after relocation to a reservation. Basically, their mobility is reduced and they have been forced to start cultivation. Although these changes are beginning to affect women's social role, the traditional power relationships can still be inferred from the present conditions. The aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to argue that, in otherwise "egalitarian" societies, the differences in physical mobility involved in the complementary tasks carried out by men and women may account for gender inequality on the symbolic domain, given that mobility is a key factor in the construction of personhood in contexts of "relational, "non-individualized identity; and (2) to check the validity ofthat assumption in the light of fieldwork data about gender relationships among the Awá-Guajá.
Fil: Hernando, Almudena. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
Fil: Politis, Gustavo Gabriel. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: González Ruibal, Alfredo. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
Fil: Beserra Cohelo, Elizabeth. Universidad Federal do Maranhão; Brasil
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Awa-Guaja
Egalitarian Societies
Gender
Personhood
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gender, power, and mobility among the Awá-Guajá (Maranhão, Brazil)
title Gender, power, and mobility among the Awá-Guajá (Maranhão, Brazil)
spellingShingle Gender, power, and mobility among the Awá-Guajá (Maranhão, Brazil)
Hernando, Almudena
Awa-Guaja
Egalitarian Societies
Gender
Personhood
title_short Gender, power, and mobility among the Awá-Guajá (Maranhão, Brazil)
title_full Gender, power, and mobility among the Awá-Guajá (Maranhão, Brazil)
title_fullStr Gender, power, and mobility among the Awá-Guajá (Maranhão, Brazil)
title_full_unstemmed Gender, power, and mobility among the Awá-Guajá (Maranhão, Brazil)
title_sort Gender, power, and mobility among the Awá-Guajá (Maranhão, Brazil)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hernando, Almudena
Politis, Gustavo Gabriel
González Ruibal, Alfredo
Beserra Cohelo, Elizabeth
author Hernando, Almudena
author_facet Hernando, Almudena
Politis, Gustavo Gabriel
González Ruibal, Alfredo
Beserra Cohelo, Elizabeth
author_role author
author2 Politis, Gustavo Gabriel
González Ruibal, Alfredo
Beserra Cohelo, Elizabeth
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Awa-Guaja
Egalitarian Societies
Gender
Personhood
topic Awa-Guaja
Egalitarian Societies
Gender
Personhood
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The Awá (also known as Guajá) are hunter-gatherers whose way of life prior to their first contact with Brazilian society has been altered after relocation to a reservation. Basically, their mobility is reduced and they have been forced to start cultivation. Although these changes are beginning to affect women's social role, the traditional power relationships can still be inferred from the present conditions. The aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to argue that, in otherwise "egalitarian" societies, the differences in physical mobility involved in the complementary tasks carried out by men and women may account for gender inequality on the symbolic domain, given that mobility is a key factor in the construction of personhood in contexts of "relational, "non-individualized identity; and (2) to check the validity ofthat assumption in the light of fieldwork data about gender relationships among the Awá-Guajá.
Fil: Hernando, Almudena. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
Fil: Politis, Gustavo Gabriel. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: González Ruibal, Alfredo. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
Fil: Beserra Cohelo, Elizabeth. Universidad Federal do Maranhão; Brasil
description The Awá (also known as Guajá) are hunter-gatherers whose way of life prior to their first contact with Brazilian society has been altered after relocation to a reservation. Basically, their mobility is reduced and they have been forced to start cultivation. Although these changes are beginning to affect women's social role, the traditional power relationships can still be inferred from the present conditions. The aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to argue that, in otherwise "egalitarian" societies, the differences in physical mobility involved in the complementary tasks carried out by men and women may account for gender inequality on the symbolic domain, given that mobility is a key factor in the construction of personhood in contexts of "relational, "non-individualized identity; and (2) to check the validity ofthat assumption in the light of fieldwork data about gender relationships among the Awá-Guajá.
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