Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World: Complementary Dualism in Modern Peru

Webb, Hillary S.

ISBN 10: 0826350720 / ISBN 13: 9780826350725

Edité par University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2012

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• Titre: Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World: Complementary Dualism in Modern Peru
• Éditeur: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0826350720
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780826350725
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World is an eloquently written autoethnography in which researcher Hillary S. Webb seeks to understand the indigenous Andean concept of yanantin or "complementary opposites." One of the most well-known and defining characteristics of indigenous Andean thought, yanantin is an adherence to a philosophical model based on the belief that the polarities of existence (such as male/ female, dark/light, inner/outer) are interdependent and essential parts of a harmonious whole.

Webb embarks on a personal journey of understanding the yanantin worldview of complementary duality through participant observation and reflection on her individual experience. Her investigation is a thoughtful, careful, and rich analysis of the variety of ways in which cultures make meaning of the world around them, and how deeply attached we become to our own culturally imposed meaning-making strategies.

À propos de l?auteur

Hillary S. Webb is the managing editor of Anthropology of Consciousness, the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness.