Matsigenka Corporeality, a Nonbiological Reality: On Notions of Consciousness and the Constitution of Identity
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America May 1, 2006 Dan Rosengren 11 citations
Departing from the specific case of Matsigenka people in the Montaña of southeastern Peru, this article challenges some of the assumptions associated with predominant conceptions of Amazonian perspectivism. Examining different cultural registers such as birth rituals and mythology, Matsigenka peoples’ notions about being, soul, and self are discussed in relation to the importance that often is...