Abstract

ARAUJO, Íris Morais. Osikirip: Karitiana “special ones” and familiarization of the non-Indigenous. Etnográfica [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.3, pp.649-661. ISSN 0873-6561.

The article focuses on the affections - the effects on bodies put in relation - that are mobilized by the Karitiana to understand their “special” relatives (osikirip). The group’s formulation implies that the latter come to exist because of Karitiana’s bodies weakening due to the ingestion of non-Indigenous food. The regular consumption of such items (rice, beans, pasta, dried meat, frozen meat, oil, salt, coffee, sugar, biscuits and sweets) should be understood as a familiarization process by which the Karitiana propose to adopt the non-indigenous and, as a consequence, to protect them from their predatory power. This connection with the non-Indigenous, on the other hand, allows for Karitiana’s demand of medical care and social benefits for their “special ones”, even when their existence is explained differently by the Karitiana and the non-Indigenous.

Keywords : Karitiana; osikirip (“specials”); body; familiarization; social policies; affection.

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