EXPRESSING BEAUTY: THE COMMUNICABILITY OF THE AMERINDIANS GRAPHICAL PATTERNS

In this paper I analyse some drawings and graphic practices realized by the South American Indians Wayãpi of French Guyana. The purpose here is to explore the communicative and metamorphic patterns that define this esthetical practice. To do so ethnographic examples of practices and uses of these bo...

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Autor: Macedo, Silvia Lopes da Silva
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Revista Espaço ameríndio
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/2527
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/2527
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:grafismo
desenhos
amerínidios Wayãpi
comunicação estética
antropologia estética
etnologia ameríndia
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Sumario:In this paper I analyse some drawings and graphic practices realized by the South American Indians Wayãpi of French Guyana. The purpose here is to explore the communicative and metamorphic patterns that define this esthetical practice. To do so ethnographic examples of practices and uses of these body paintings and drawings made by members of the wayãpi population are analysed.