Deux gestes pour une grande danse
This brief article presents two gestures—one a woman’s, the other a man’s—linked to a major danced ceremony among the Wayãpi of the upper Oyapock. First we see that certain gestures can be sexed: just as the “sexual distribution” of tasks is very pronounced, the sexual distribution of gestures is qu...
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| Language: | fra |
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Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Ateliers d'Anthropologie |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/14581 |
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| Summary: | This brief article presents two gestures—one a woman’s, the other a man’s—linked to a major danced ceremony among the Wayãpi of the upper Oyapock. First we see that certain gestures can be sexed: just as the “sexual distribution” of tasks is very pronounced, the sexual distribution of gestures is quite perceptible here, and is learned early. But above all, I will attempt to detail the plastic aspects of these gestures, showing the distinctions and intersections between ordinary gesture and formal gesture within a single event, the whole ceremony. |
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| ISSN: | 2117-3869 |