Pourquoi filmer sa culture ? Rituel et patrimonialisation en Amazonie brésilienne

This article examines three detailed case studies (Karajá, Enawenê-nawê, Suruí of Rondônia) in which films of collective and spectacular ritual are produced as a means to display Amazonian indigenous “culture”. The article examines the reasons for the choice of particular rituals as the incarnation...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chloé Nahum-Claudel, Nathalie Pétesch, Cédric Yvinec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2017-12-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/15153
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832096234580475904
author Chloé Nahum-Claudel
Nathalie Pétesch
Cédric Yvinec
author_facet Chloé Nahum-Claudel
Nathalie Pétesch
Cédric Yvinec
author_sort Chloé Nahum-Claudel
collection DOAJ
description This article examines three detailed case studies (Karajá, Enawenê-nawê, Suruí of Rondônia) in which films of collective and spectacular ritual are produced as a means to display Amazonian indigenous “culture”. The article examines the reasons for the choice of particular rituals as the incarnation of culture; the political and symbolic implications of the performance of culture; the modalities through which films are produced; the choice of spectators for this culture-on-film and the play of revelation and concealment of ritual knowledge which the filmic media enables. The creation of cultural patrimony, which occurs within the framework of relations with Brazilian and international society, fits into a key dynamic of Amazonian social reproduction and inter-ethnic relations, that is, the drive to integrate alterity.
format Article
id doaj-art-61f32d0d6727459ca373a8022a5d2930
institution Kabale University
issn 0037-9174
1957-7842
language English
publishDate 2017-12-01
publisher Société des américanistes
record_format Article
series Journal de la Société des Américanistes
spelling doaj-art-61f32d0d6727459ca373a8022a5d29302025-02-05T15:54:06ZengSociété des américanistesJournal de la Société des Américanistes0037-91741957-78422017-12-011032478010.4000/jsa.15153Pourquoi filmer sa culture ? Rituel et patrimonialisation en Amazonie brésilienneChloé Nahum-ClaudelNathalie PéteschCédric YvinecThis article examines three detailed case studies (Karajá, Enawenê-nawê, Suruí of Rondônia) in which films of collective and spectacular ritual are produced as a means to display Amazonian indigenous “culture”. The article examines the reasons for the choice of particular rituals as the incarnation of culture; the political and symbolic implications of the performance of culture; the modalities through which films are produced; the choice of spectators for this culture-on-film and the play of revelation and concealment of ritual knowledge which the filmic media enables. The creation of cultural patrimony, which occurs within the framework of relations with Brazilian and international society, fits into a key dynamic of Amazonian social reproduction and inter-ethnic relations, that is, the drive to integrate alterity.https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/15153ritualpatrimonializationspectacleKarajáEnawenê-nawêSuruí of Rondônia
spellingShingle Chloé Nahum-Claudel
Nathalie Pétesch
Cédric Yvinec
Pourquoi filmer sa culture ? Rituel et patrimonialisation en Amazonie brésilienne
Journal de la Société des Américanistes
ritual
patrimonialization
spectacle
Karajá
Enawenê-nawê
Suruí of Rondônia
title Pourquoi filmer sa culture ? Rituel et patrimonialisation en Amazonie brésilienne
title_full Pourquoi filmer sa culture ? Rituel et patrimonialisation en Amazonie brésilienne
title_fullStr Pourquoi filmer sa culture ? Rituel et patrimonialisation en Amazonie brésilienne
title_full_unstemmed Pourquoi filmer sa culture ? Rituel et patrimonialisation en Amazonie brésilienne
title_short Pourquoi filmer sa culture ? Rituel et patrimonialisation en Amazonie brésilienne
title_sort pourquoi filmer sa culture rituel et patrimonialisation en amazonie bresilienne
topic ritual
patrimonialization
spectacle
Karajá
Enawenê-nawê
Suruí of Rondônia
url https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/15153
work_keys_str_mv AT chloenahumclaudel pourquoifilmersacultureritueletpatrimonialisationenamazoniebresilienne
AT nathaliepetesch pourquoifilmersacultureritueletpatrimonialisationenamazoniebresilienne
AT cedricyvinec pourquoifilmersacultureritueletpatrimonialisationenamazoniebresilienne