Rhetoric expressions of corporality in Argentinean folk narrative

The aim of this article is to analyze rhetoric expressions of corporality dealing with mutilation, in Argentinean folk narratives collected in an ethnographic research in La Rioja, Argentina. I select narrative versions of three folk matrices: “The lower world”, “Cairé” (“Fear test: staying in a hau...

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Autor principal: Palleiro, Maria Ines
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/21459
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Sumario:The aim of this article is to analyze rhetoric expressions of corporality dealing with mutilation, in Argentinean folk narratives collected in an ethnographic research in La Rioja, Argentina. I select narrative versions of three folk matrices: “The lower world”, “Cairé” (“Fear test: staying in a haunted house where corpse drops down chimney”) and “The maiden without hands”. I focus my attention in the tension between a synechdotic logic of corporal fragmentation and a metaphoric condensation of the body as a complete entity. I consider as well embodiment as a narrative construction dealing with discursive expressions of local beliefs.