Article ID: CBB943653735

Subject 01: Exemplary Indigenous Masculinity in Cold War Genetics (2020)

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In 1962 a team of scientists conducted their first joint fieldwork in a Xavante village in Central Brazil. Recycling long-standing notions that living Indigenous people represented human prehistory, the scientists saw Indigenous people as useful subjects of study not only due to their closeness to nature, but also due to their sociocultural and political realities. The geneticists’ vision crystalized around one subject – the famous chief Apöwẽ. Through Apöwẽ, the geneticists fixated on what they perceived as the political prowess, impressive physique, and masculine reproductive aptitude of Xavante men. These constructions of charismatic masculinity came at the expense of recognizing how profoundly colonial expansion into Mato Grosso had destabilized Xavante communities, stripping them of their land and introducing epidemic disease. The geneticists’ theorizing prefigured debates to come in sociobiology, and set up an enduring research programme that Apöwẽ continues to animate even four decades after his death.

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Authors & Contributors
Katie Holmes
Venegas, Cristina
Ashraf Wani, Mohd
Tyler David Morgenstern
Rice, Carla
Kuljian, Christa
Concepts
Science and race
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Colonialism
Genetics
Paleoanthropology
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
20th century
Early modern
21st century
Places
Canada
United States
Europe
Australia
Polynesia
Nigeria
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