Virgínia Amaral
Biographic Data
| ID | 624112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virgínia Amaral |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virgínia |
| FAMILY NAME | Amaral |
| SIGNATURE | AMARAL V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0959-1399 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Areruya and Indigenous Prophetism in Northern Amazonia
Based on four years of ethnographic research, this book discusses the presence of Christianity on Areruya, an indigenous religious movement practiced by the Ingarikó in Northern Amazonia. Tracing the role of 19th-century missionaries in the region, the book shows how shamans started to announce the coming of a cataclysm, associated with the promise of indigenous salvation in Christian paradise and the acquisition of the colonizers’ goods. It also…
Indigenous Peoples in the Guianas
In the introduction to this special issue of Tipití, dedicated to recent ethnographies conducted among indigenous peoples in Guianese Amazonia, we offer an overview of the main anthropological traditions that have placed the region at the center of debates in Amazonianist ethnology. Alternatively defined as a "linguistic area," "cultural area," or "ethnographic area," the Guianas region is shared by indigenous collectives of the Cariban family an…
Povos indígenas nas Guianas
Na introdução a este número especial da Tipití, dedicado a etnografias recentes realizadas junto a povos indígenas na Amazônia guianense, sobrevoamos as principais tradições antropológicas que posicionaram a região no centro dos debates da etnologia amazonista. Alternativamente definida como “área linguística”, “área cultural” ou “área etnográfica”, a região das Guianas é compartilhada por coletivos indígenas falantes de idiomas da família Caribe…
Ethnology of Indigenous prophetic movements in the South American Lowlands
This article introduces the translation of Manuela Carneiro da Cunha's atricle "Logic of myth and action: The Canela Messianic Movement of 1963" in Hau 13 (2). Analyzing the relationship of the structural inversion between prophetic events that irrupted among the Canela people in the past and a myth of theirs that thematizes colonialist asymmetry, Carneiro da Cunha aimed to validate Lévi-Strauss, who suggested that the meaning of ritual actions c…
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Ethnology of Indigenous prophetic movements in the South American Lowlands
This article introduces the translation of Manuela Carneiro da Cunha's atricle "Logic of myth and action: The Canela Messianic Movement of 1963" in Hau 13 (2). Analyzing the relationship of the structural inversion between prophetic events that irrupted among the Canela people in the past and a myth of theirs that thematizes colonialist asymmetry, Carneiro da Cunha aimed to validate Lévi-Strauss, who suggested that the meaning of ritual actions c…
Areruya and Indigenous Prophetism in Northern Amazonia
Based on four years of ethnographic research, this book discusses the presence of Christianity on Areruya, an indigenous religious movement practiced by the Ingarikó in Northern Amazonia. Tracing the role of 19th-century missionaries in the region, the book shows how shamans started to announce the coming of a cataclysm, associated with the promise of indigenous salvation in Christian paradise and the acquisition of the colonizers’ goods. It also…
Indigenous Peoples in the Guianas
In the introduction to this special issue of Tipití, dedicated to recent ethnographies conducted among indigenous peoples in Guianese Amazonia, we offer an overview of the main anthropological traditions that have placed the region at the center of debates in Amazonianist ethnology. Alternatively defined as a "linguistic area," "cultural area," or "ethnographic area," the Guianas region is shared by indigenous collectives of the Cariban family an…
Povos indígenas nas Guianas
Na introdução a este número especial da Tipití, dedicado a etnografias recentes realizadas junto a povos indígenas na Amazônia guianense, sobrevoamos as principais tradições antropológicas que posicionaram a região no centro dos debates da etnologia amazonista. Alternativamente definida como “área linguística”, “área cultural” ou “área etnográfica”, a região das Guianas é compartilhada por coletivos indígenas falantes de idiomas da família Caribe…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Development, Ethics, and Society (2 works) · History (2 works)