Corporeidade Matsigenka: uma realidade não biológica sobre noções de consciência e a constituição da identidade

Authors

  • Dan Rosengren Universidade de Göteborg; Departamento de Antropologia Social

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012006000100005

Keywords:

Amazonia, Peru, Matsigenka, personhood, cognition, perspectivism

Abstract

Departing from the specific case of Matsigenka people in the montaña of southeastern Peru, this paper 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 ascribed to physical shape for conceptualizing the world. In contrast to this stress on the corporeal, it is argued that Matsigenka people consider the non-corporeal cognisant self to determine outlook and identity. In accordance, corporeal transformation is seen as a result of the Self's convivial aspirations rather than an outcome of an Other's predatory intentions.

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Published

2006-01-01

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 1 (2006)

Section

Dossiê

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How to Cite

Rosengren, D. (2006). Corporeidade Matsigenka: uma realidade não biológica sobre noções de consciência e a constituição da identidade . Revista De Antropologia, 49(1), 133-163. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012006000100005