social equality and ritual hierarchy: the Arawakan Wakuénai of Venezuela
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| ANO | 1984 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | American Ethnologist |
| ISSN | 0094-0496 |
| E-ISSN | 1548-1425 |
| EDITORA | Sage Publications (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ae.1984.11.3.02a00070 |
| CITAÇÕES | 10 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
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Resumo
The social organization of Eastern Tukanoan peoples in the Northwest Amazon region shows a dual tendency toward egalitarian and hierarchical relationships. This paper provides new data on the neighboring Northern Arawakan peoples of the Isana and Guainía rivers. It explores the equality‐versus‐hierarchy contrast as a pair of distinct, yet interconnected, modes of structuring that create adaptive flexibility in response to extreme seasonal fluctuations of basic riverine resources.