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

by Hillary S. Webb

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0826350739

ISBN13:9780826350732

Release Date:May 2012

Publisher:University of New Mexico Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.28 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"

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