The Chaco Skies: A Socio-cultural History of Power Relations

This article looks into notions of the sky among the Guaycurú aboriginal groups in the Argentine Chaco within the context of the socio-religious changes they have undergone since the eighteenth century. By using ethno-astronomy and anthropology of religion perspectives, and based on our own ethnogra...

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Main Author: López, Alejandro Martín (Author)
Contributors: Altman, Agustina
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2017]
In: Religion and society
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-78
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gran Chaco / Guaikurú / Heavens / Socio-cultural change / Religious change
Further subjects:B nonhuman beings
B Chaco-Indians
B Religion
B Indigenous People
B Guaycurú
B ethno-astronomy
B celestial space
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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