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Catastrophes and Weddings. Chachi Ritual as Metamorphosis

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Catastrophes and Weddings. Chachi Ritual as Metamorphosis. A question that has intrigued anthropologists for a long time is why catastrophic anxieties are so omnipresent among Amerindian peoples. Known in the literature as « millenarianism », fears of an apocalypse appear time and again, both in lowland and highland South America. This article aims to contribute to a better understanding of this phenomenon by examining notions of metamorphosis or « shape-shifting ». The particular case described examines the link between catastrophes and the wedding festival of the Chachi, Amerindians from the Pacific coast of Ecuador.

Source: Journal de la Société des Américanistes

DOI: 10.4000/jsa.12840

Author: Istvan Praet

Institutions: University of Oxford, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale

Language: French

Topic: Indigenous Studies in Latin America

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1555924031

FWCI: 14.51

Cites: 10

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10