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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Autor principal: Orías, Paola Revilla
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Lenguaje:Español
Español
Publicado: Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/344
http://repositorio.filo.uba.ar/handle/filodigital/2162
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Español
topic Sirens
Andean
Representations
Referring
Memory
Sereia
Andes
Representações
Referente
Memória
spellingShingle Sirens
Andean
Representations
Referring
Memory
Sereia
Andes
Representações
Referente
Memória
Orías, Paola Revilla
Quesintuu and Umantuu: Sirens and Andean Memory
topic_facet Sirens
Andean
Representations
Referring
Memory
Sereia
Andes
Representações
Referente
Memória
description 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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title Quesintuu and Umantuu: Sirens and Andean Memory
title_short Quesintuu and Umantuu: Sirens and Andean Memory
title_full Quesintuu and Umantuu: Sirens and Andean Memory
title_fullStr Quesintuu and Umantuu: Sirens and Andean Memory
title_full_unstemmed Quesintuu and Umantuu: Sirens and Andean Memory
title_sort quesintuu and umantuu: sirens and andean memory
publisher Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas
publishDate 2016
url http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/344
http://repositorio.filo.uba.ar/handle/filodigital/2162
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