El giro sacrificial. Reflexiones sobre el eje tupi-mexica
This paper compares two well-known rituals described among the Aztec and the Tupinambá, during which captive warriors were put to death. Usually, the first is interpreted as a form of “sacrifice” taking place in a complex State organized around priestly structures; the second is associated with “can...
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| description | This paper compares two well-known rituals described among the Aztec and the Tupinambá, during which captive warriors were put to death. Usually, the first is interpreted as a form of “sacrifice” taking place in a complex State organized around priestly structures; the second is associated with “cannibalism” and a fluid society, in constant becoming. However, the close resemblance between the two scripts allows to focus the comparison on more specific contrasts: between the key points of view (that of the predator in one case, that of the victim in the other); between a debt and an exchange economy; between heterosubstitution and homosubstitution; between a priest who monopolizes the role of the sacrificer and a shaman who never even manages to endorse it. “Sacrifice” and “cannibalism” are not superimposed heterogeneous practices, but immediate variations of the same procedure. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7a6b8d4bd5f64a73b53af8d2782a43a52025-02-05T15:54:39ZengSociété des américanistesJournal de la Société des Américanistes0037-91741957-78422020-06-0110616510410.4000/jsa.17868El giro sacrificial. Reflexiones sobre el eje tupi-mexicaOscar Calavia SáezThis paper compares two well-known rituals described among the Aztec and the Tupinambá, during which captive warriors were put to death. Usually, the first is interpreted as a form of “sacrifice” taking place in a complex State organized around priestly structures; the second is associated with “cannibalism” and a fluid society, in constant becoming. However, the close resemblance between the two scripts allows to focus the comparison on more specific contrasts: between the key points of view (that of the predator in one case, that of the victim in the other); between a debt and an exchange economy; between heterosubstitution and homosubstitution; between a priest who monopolizes the role of the sacrificer and a shaman who never even manages to endorse it. “Sacrifice” and “cannibalism” are not superimposed heterogeneous practices, but immediate variations of the same procedure.https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/17868sacrificecannibalismAztecTupinambá |
| spellingShingle | Oscar Calavia Sáez El giro sacrificial. Reflexiones sobre el eje tupi-mexica Journal de la Société des Américanistes sacrifice cannibalism Aztec Tupinambá |
| title | El giro sacrificial. Reflexiones sobre el eje tupi-mexica |
| title_full | El giro sacrificial. Reflexiones sobre el eje tupi-mexica |
| title_fullStr | El giro sacrificial. Reflexiones sobre el eje tupi-mexica |
| title_full_unstemmed | El giro sacrificial. Reflexiones sobre el eje tupi-mexica |
| title_short | El giro sacrificial. Reflexiones sobre el eje tupi-mexica |
| title_sort | el giro sacrificial reflexiones sobre el eje tupi mexica |
| topic | sacrifice cannibalism Aztec Tupinambá |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/17868 |
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