Interdependence and the gift economy: "aid" (quipalehuiya) as a basic economic form among the Nahuas, Mexico

Based on ethnographic data collected from 1993 to date, I seek to demonstrate that contemporary Nahua develop certain aspects of their lives in the context of an economy of gifts. Nahua reciprocity expresses this in the basic economic form of "aid", called quipalehuiya locally. I argue tha...

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Veröffentlicht in:Antípoda : revista de antropología y arqueología 2013-07, Vol.17, p.175-201
1. Verfasser: Velázquez Galindo, Yuribia
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Zusammenfassung:Based on ethnographic data collected from 1993 to date, I seek to demonstrate that contemporary Nahua develop certain aspects of their lives in the context of an economy of gifts. Nahua reciprocity expresses this in the basic economic form of "aid", called quipalehuiya locally. I argue that this "aid", given as goods or services, is reciprocated through social networks and provides a foundation for the model of interdependence that completely links this population with its social and ecological environment. // ABSTRACT IN SPANISH: Con base en información etnográfica, recopilada desde 1993 hasta la fecha, busco demostrar que los nahuas contemporáneos desarrollan ciertos aspectos de sus vidas en el marco de una economía de dones, que la reciprocidad nahua expresa bajo la forma económica básica de "ayuda", llamada localmente qulpalehulya. Y, finalmente, sostengo que esta "ayuda", entregada como bienes o servicios, es reciprocada mediante redes sociales dotando de fundamento al modelo de Interdependencia que vincula de manera total a esta población con su entorno social y ecológico. Reprinted by permission of the Editorial Committee - Revista Antipoda: Revista de antropologia y arqueologia - Universidad de los Andes
ISSN:1900-5407