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Todos somos familia aquí”: Familia, alianza y reproducción etnocultural entre los Calós (Gitanos) de Ciudad de México

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2024

David Lagunas*
Affiliation:
University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain
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En este texto se analiza la relevancia del parentesco y la cultura familiar en la reproducción cultural de los Calós (Gitanos) que forman la comunidad de Ciudad de México. La metodología ha sido de orientación cualitativa empleando técnicas de inmersión antropológica. El objetivo es analizar cómo el sistema de parentesco se construye desde la genealogía como un constructo que permite la comparación cultural y corroborar el funcionamiento de una sociedad bilateral con un colorido patrilineal. Asimismo, se subraya la importancia de la preservación de la diferencia etnocultural, no solo a través de la organización social y familiar, sino a través de la endogamia sociobiológica. El hecho es que los Calós se sienten “un poco parientes entre sí”, aunque genealógicamente no lo sean. Esta lógica imprecisa de funcionamiento del sistema de parentesco plantea interesantes cuestiones al campo de los Romani Studies.

Abstract

Abstract

This text analyzes the relevance of kinship and family culture in the cultural reproduction of the Calós (Gitanos) that form the community of Mexico City. The qualitative methodology uses anthropological immersion techniques. The objective is to analyze how the kinship system is constructed from genealogy to allow cultural comparison and to corroborate the functioning of a bilateral society with patrilineal nuance. It also underlines the importance of the preservation of ethnocultural difference, not only through social and family organization but also through sociobiological endogamy. The fact is that the Gitanos feel somewhat related to one another, even though genealogically they are not. This imprecise logic of the functioning of the kinship system raises interesting questions for the field of Romani studies.

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Figura 1. Carta de parentesco.

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Figura 2. Matrimonios entre primos hermanos.