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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Main Author: Jean-Michel Beaudet
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Language:fra
Published: Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative 2021-07-01
Series:Ateliers d'Anthropologie
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/14581
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description 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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