The Marble and the Myrthe

About the Inconstancy of the Savage's Soul

Bibliographic Data

ID2989889
AuthorsEduardo Batalha Viveiros De Castro (0000-0003-4902-0574, Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral, corresponding author), Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
Year1992
Volume35
Pages21-74
Publication date1992-12-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Antropologia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-7701 • E-ISSN: 1678-9857
PublisherUniversidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/2179-0892.ra.1992.111318
OpenAlexW2523149233
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited5

When the jesuits were catechizing the Tupinamba they noted the "inconstancy" of the indians in their religious conversion process. They seemed very interested on the jesuits education but even after a period of learning process, the Indians insisted on going back to their old habits. The article tries to understand the reasons and implications of such "inconstancy". Revenge and cannibalism are very important factors for the understanding of the Tupinamba. These notions constituted that society and promoted its continuity. Acording to the author, the acceptance of the cannibalism prohibition by the Tupinamba was one of the Tupinamba's greatest lost

Biology · Cannibalism · Sociology · Soul · Theology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Ecology · Historical Studies in Central America · Latin American history and culture · Philosophy

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