Quesintuu and Umantuu: Sirens and Andean Memory
This research analyzes the polysemic meanings and proposes an alternative interpretation to certain representations of Sirens found in a variety of colonial materials in the Andean region, particularly in the lacustrine region. This interpretation is based on the identification of some little known...
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Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/344 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=runa&d=344_oai |
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| Sumario: | This research analyzes the polysemic meanings and proposes an alternative interpretation to certain representations of Sirens found in a variety of colonial materials in the Andean region, particularly in the lacustrine region. This interpretation is based on the identification of some little known indigenous referent on two fishlike female beings from the surroundings of Lake Titicaca, whose memory has being preserved and rearticulated for centuries with content levels underlying European representation. |
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