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We come from trees: the poetics of plants among the Jotï of the Venezuelan Guayana
By
Egleé López Zent
(published in
2013-02-01
by
llandaburo
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López Zent, E. (2009) We come from trees: the poetics of plants among the Jotï of the Venezuelan Guayana. Recuperado de: http://www.academia.edu/177654/We_come_from_Trees_The_Poetics_of_Plants_among_the_Jodi_of_the_Venezuelan_Guayana
Summary:
This paper explores the pervasive role of plants in lives of the Jotï, a group of 900 people from the Venezuelan Guayana. In contrast with other Amazonian people for whom plants play relatively minor roles in spiritual spheres when compared to animals, among the Jotï plants pervade their religious universe, assuming fundamental and polysemic dimensions.