As metamorfoses do nome: história, política e recombinações identitárias entre os Tupi Guarani

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Bertapeli, Vladimir [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: História; Identidade; Indios - Aspectos políticos; Nativos; History
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/127810; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/02-09-2015/000846787.pdf

The study that follows is about the ethnonym Tupi Guarani and its constitution by an eponymous ethnic group that forms the aldeia Tabacu Reko Ypy, located in the Terra Indígena Piaçaguera, in the São Paulo state coast. According to the information obtained in the field, these natives claim that their identity is grounded in the mistura, ie in marriages that have been taking place over time for their Tupi and Guarani ancestors. The consulted historical and anthropological sources confirm that relations between the remnants of the Tupi groups - who inhabited the ancient aldeamento São João Baptista de Peruibe, Itariri and its surroundings, respectively located on the coast and Vale do Ribeira - and Guarani - Apapocúva, Tañyguá and Oguauíva - began in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. The story also shows that the ancestors of Tupi Guarani had various names throughout history. Thus, they were called índios civilizados, mansos, aldeados, Carijó, aculturados, etc. Thus, these terms contrasted with those assigned to Tapuia, which were also dubbed selvagens, bravos, botocudos and autênticos. The story also points out that these designations also served both to establish alliances between indigenous and non-indigenous but also served to engender conflict. Moreover, these terms contributed to the conduct of an indigenous law that ranged from the amenity and repression. Moreover, researchers and other authorities considered that the descendants of the Tupi and Guarani who lived in the woods or around the coastal cities and the countryside of São Paulo were just fragments or imitations of ancient natives who inhabited the coast. So this brought to such people a lot of problems, both political and social. Thus, this research deals with this historical process, political and social constitution of the ethnonym Tupi Guarani. We will ...