Enawene-Nawe Wixo Diferença e convivialidade na gestão sociopolítica do cosmos

Abstract

This study deals with the regime of alterity of the Enawene-Nawe, speakers of a language of the Arawak-Maipure family and resident in the Juruena River basin (Mato Grosso State, South-east Amazon). The research is based on the principles that deal with the passage of a model that is founded in endogamic and territorially disperse sub-groups for the constitution of relationships established between the new, patrilineal and exogamic groups (iyaõkwa), that encourage ritual and family relationships. The analysis points towards the centrality of conviviality and commensality as measures of the management and control of differences.