El pueblo Wayuu
Subtitle: rebeliones, comercio y autonomía : una perspectiva histórica-antropológica
By: Carmen Laura Paz Reverol
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Ediciones Abya-Yala
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Quito, Ecuador
Language: spa
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9789942094940
Subjects: Goajiro Indians; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: Few indigenous societies have the degree of complexity as the Wayuu society. Some researchers define it as an "Indo-Hispanic" culture, due to its early insertion in the world capitalist system and its intense cultural interaction with other social groups that played a leading role in the socio-political scenario of the Guajira Peninsula. Factors that have contributed to the survival and vitality of this social group: its strong social organization, the diversification of economic activities, the legitimacy of its customary law and the link with its territory, associated with mythological beings that gives it a solid sense of belonging-- need to its space and culture. Carmen Paz concludes that in the stubborn defense of the territory, resources and culture is the key to its identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-382).