Paola Canova, Frontier Intimacies. Ayoreo Women and the Sexual Economy of the Paraguayan Chaco
The Ayoreo are an indigenous group of the Gran Chaco established within the Northern Paraguayan and Southeastern Bolivian borders. The population living in Paraguayan territory (approximately 2,600 people) is divided into two main confederacies: the Direquene-gosode, or “people from the following d...
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Journal de la Société des américanistes
2021
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| Summary: | The Ayoreo are an indigenous group of the Gran Chaco established within the Northern Paraguayan and Southeastern Bolivian borders. The population living in Paraguayan territory (approximately 2,600 people) is divided into two main confederacies: the Direquene-gosode, or “people from the following day,” and the Guidai-gosode, or “people from the villages.” Until the 1960s, the Ayoreo remained uncontacted mainly due to the inaccessibility of their territory—often known in Guarani as Chaco rugu... |
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