Abstract

FERNANDES, Estevão Rafael. Being native and being gay: weaving a thesis on indigenous homosexuality in Brazil. Etnográfica [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.3, pp.639-647. ISSN 0873-6561.

This paper aims to present the subordination of indigenous homosexuality in Brazil as an inherent part of the settlement, making use of the contributions of two-spirit authors. It brings the literature on the Brazilian indigenous peoples, demonstrating its recent perception as “cultural loss”; the two-spirit perspective on colonization as heteronormative process; and some thoughts on the Brazilian case. It is shown that colonization necessarily creates devices to normalize indigenous sexualities, shaping them to the colonial order. So, disciplining practices and responses by indigenous allow us to understand more about indigenous movements, interethnic relations, indigenous policies, as well as power relations in these national contexts.

Keywords : colonialism; homosexuality; ethnology; two-spirit; interethnic relations.

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