Parenté et alliance miraña
Miraña Kinship and Affinity. – The only marriage prohibitions of the Miraña in the Amazonian region of Colombia concern the category of classificatory siblings. Stated as such, this purely negative rule leads us to think that the matrimonial system is of a complex type. However, a closer look at kin...
Published in: | L'Homme |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | French |
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Éditions de l’EHESS
2007
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4000/lhomme.51 http://journals.openedition.org/lhomme/51 |
Summary: | Miraña Kinship and Affinity. – The only marriage prohibitions of the Miraña in the Amazonian region of Colombia concern the category of classificatory siblings. Stated as such, this purely negative rule leads us to think that the matrimonial system is of a complex type. However, a closer look at kinship terminology (Eskimo-Hawaiian) and at discourses and practices related to marriage shows that the Miraña system of affinity is closer to a semi-complex type. In effect, besides the aforementioned prohibition, the future spouse must not belong to one of the four patriclans of the grandparents. Les Miraña d’Amazonie colombienne ne possèdent que des interdits d’alliance portant sur la catégorie des germains classificatoires. énoncée de la sorte, cette règle purement négative incite à penser que le système matrimonial est de type complexe. Pourtant, l’examen de la terminologie de parenté (eskimo-hawaïenne) ainsi que des discours et pratiques matrimoniales montre que le système d’alliance miraña s’apparente plus à un type semi-complexe. En effet, outre l’interdit catégoriel, le futur conjoint ne doit pas appartenir à l’un des quatre patriclans des grands-parents. |
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