Textile art style patterns belonging to a unique ethnic group express specific information. They may be present in khipu configuration, since it is also a textile. Khipu would thus belong to the textile objects family of a given human group. Specific style khipu configuration could be considered an identity sign of a given ethnic group, which I propose in this article. The association of each archaeological khipu to a specific ethnic group and, within it, to a level of indigenous administration, is plausible.

Three sets of geoglyphs present in the Paracas and Nasca desert areas are associated with the Andean myth of the Fox in the Sky. A discoursive parallelism has been identified between the geoglyphs and the myth, establishing the geoglyphs as graphycally rendering scenes of the myth in two cases. In the third case, the characters are present but dispersed. The myth narrates the trip of the two main characters, the Fox and the Condor to the skies. They are later joined by the Parrot. The result of the mythical actions is the apparition of vegetable species on Earth, especially the oca. These edibles are also delineated on the Nasca Plains. These geoglyphic sets have been produced, in different styles in the places mentioned, in succesive periods. The myth, found from the Peruvian Central Andes to the Northern areas of Argentina and Chile, is still narrated today.

Coedición con Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

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Este libro muestra cómo el uso de herramientas semióticas puede revelar niveles de información que una primera lectura pasa por alto. Sus recursos críticos son útiles para penetrar en los diferentes códigos que configuran un texto, exhibiendo tanto en lo que afirma como en lo que silencia. A partir de una rigurosa lectura de los textos de Pedro de Cieza de León, Juan de Betanzos y Polo Ondegardo, Lydia Fossa nos ofrece importantes hallazgos para repensar el proceso de colonizacion española.

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Katherine Subirana (Perú) - Moderadora; Lydia Fossa (Perú) - Autor; Fernanda Arris (Perú) - Editor

Propone actualizar los estudios literarios peruanos a través de una perspectiva contemporánea de la investigación en las humanidades: la multiplicidad de enfoques críticos desde los cuales se reflexiona en torno a la literatura.