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| Author(s): |
Joyce Pinto Almeida Carvalho
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2014-02-10 |
| Examining board members: |
Eduardo Natalino dos Santos;
Ana Raquel Marques da Cunha Martins Portugal;
Alexandre Camera Varella
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| Advisor: | Eduardo Natalino dos Santos |
| Abstract | |
The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the idea of human for the Maya, according to their histories and cosmogonies produced during the Colonial period. Seeking the attributes and qualities of the Mayan human, we also analyze the predicates of other beings that inhabit the Mayan cosmos (gods, animals, non-humans entities) so that, by comparison, we can approach the specifically human attributes. The investigation is done through three Mayan histories and cosmogonies: the Popol Vuh, the Memorial de Solalá and the Chilam Balam of Chumayel. Throughout the three documents it was possible to notice that, for the Maya, there isnt a rigid line separating humans from non-humans, and these two categories of beings that live in the cosmos share characteristics in common, having, each of them, its part in the maintenance of the universe. That is, humans and non-humans each possess a social role, and are bound together in the same society; which could point to a Mayan perspective on the notion of human that is very distinct from the western approach, and similar to the Amazonian societies (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/16659-6 - THE "NOTION OF PERSONHOOD" AMONG THE MAYAS OF HIGH AND LOW LANDS AT THE BEGINNING COLONIAL PERIOD (Mid-sixteenth century to the mid-seventeenth) |
| Grantee: | Joyce Pinto Almeida Carvalho |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |