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

by Hillary S. Webb

Book Overview

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"