Du végétal au politique : étude des plantes à pouvoir chez les Indiens Wayana du Haut-Maroni
From plants to politics: about magical plants among the Wayana indians on the upper Maroni. The hemït form the class of magical plants among the Wayana. While analysing their origin, linked to the group’s ethnogenesis, and highlighting the disparities which this category includes, the author shows t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Société des américanistes
2001-01-01
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| Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/1997 |
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| Summary: | From plants to politics: about magical plants among the Wayana indians on the upper Maroni. The hemït form the class of magical plants among the Wayana. While analysing their origin, linked to the group’s ethnogenesis, and highlighting the disparities which this category includes, the author shows that these elements, besides their important function as social markers or as exchangeable commodities, have always played a major political role in the indigenous discourse, in keeping with the historical mutations experienced by Carib society. |
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| ISSN: | 0037-9174 1957-7842 |