Keywords
This article presents an analysis of aesthetic objects from an anthropological perspective based on the theoretical reflections developed mainly by Alfred Gell and Marilyn Strathern. Positioned as an alternative of some ideas coming from structural semiotics
the central argument is based on the relational capacity of the objects in order to become and transform themselves into persons or subjects within a cultural context. This personification potential is sustained ethnographically by describing the uses
representations and perceptions made about the berimbau
a music instrument of the ritual of capoeira Angola in Brazil. objetos
estética
personificación
capoeira
música
the central argument is based on the relational capacity of the objects in order to become and transform themselves into persons or subjects within a cultural context. This personification potential is sustained ethnographically by describing the uses
representations and perceptions made about the berimbau
a music instrument of the ritual of capoeira Angola in Brazil. objetos
estética
personificación
capoeira
música
How to Cite
Varela, S. R. (2013). Una mirada antropológica a la estética y personificación de los objetos. El caso del berimbau en la capoeira angola en Brasil. Desacatos. Revista De Ciencias Sociales, (40), 127–140. https://doi.org/10.29340/40.260