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This document analyzes the role of desire in the subsistence economy of native communities along the Bajo Urubamba river in western Amazonia. It argues that constructions of different gender and age categories and formulations of sexual desire and desire for food are central to how the economy functions. Production, circulation and consumption of food dominates daily life and sexual relationships are a primary topic of conversation. Through an analysis of jokes using food items as metaphors for genitals, th

Author

Edson Matarezio

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