La construcción de la corporalidad en dos comunidades indígenas tobas de Chaco, Argentina. Una experiencia etnográfica con fotografías.

This paper discusses some of the results of ethnographic research conducted in two indigenous Toba communities in the province of Chaco, Argentina between 2005 and 2008. The research consisted of showing these communities photographs that this hegemonic society attributes as its own, which were taken in the late Nineteenth century and the Twentieth century. The objective was to analyze Toba interpretations of images of the body (in general) and the face (in particular) that appear in the pictures. To do so, we held several visual reading experiences with the intention of understanding the role of the image in constructing and transmitting ethnic memories and identities. The key question was to determine how a photographic portrait shapes feelings of identity while evoking a dimension that goes beyond a mere mimetic representation of the body.

Palabras Claves
photography
body
memory
identity
toba.
Autor
Alejandra Reyero. Lic. en Letras. Docente auxiliar de Historia del Arte, Facultad de Humanidades - UNNE, Argentina. Becaria de CONICET. Miembro del Núcleo de Estudios y Documentación de la Imagen (NEDIM) - IIGHI - CONICET. Alumna del Doctorado en Artes de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.
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Revista Chilena de Antropología Visual - número 14 - Santiago, diciembre 2009 - 155/174 pp. - ISSN 0718-876x. Rev. chil. antropol. vis.