This work reflects about the notions of conception, substance and personhood among the the Shavante Indians (and between the Gê Indians, in general) and its perception of the Other. What I try to demonstrate is that such notions, although it seems to, are not static, but extremely dynamic - being that such dynamism reflects an ideology of inclusive perception of this "Other", beyond bodiness, but also in its mythology, history and in the contact with the whites.
bodiness; Gê speaking Indians; personhood; Shavante