Journal Article

SIGNIFICADOS Y PRACTICAS DE LA SEXUALIDAD EN TRES GENERACIONES DE MUJERES AYMARAS DEL NORTE DE CHILE

Vega, Vivian Theda Gavilan, Gutierrez, Ana Maria Carrasco

2014

Overview

Chile is not a socially and culturally homogeneous country, and various ethnic groups coexist within its territory, including the Aymara people. Recognizing that this indigenous people is a group with their own traditions, not shared by the majority of the population and also has been part of the socio-historical processes lived in the regions of Northern Chile, the authors consider legitimate to ask whether the Christian ethos, foundation of the western ideas, acquired singular characteristics in the Aymara case or if what the authors observe in the mythology and religiosity of this people, currently provides a moral context and an ideology which guides the sexual practices of its population. The purpose of this article is to recover the ideas, meanings and interpretations that three generations of Aymara women give to sexuality within their own world views, political and economic social contexts, and gender system, as well as to see how, through their practices, these characteristics are expressed and articulated.

• Subject: Aymara