{"product_id":"cabeza-de-bruja-que-vuela-en-la-tradicion-oral-quechua-origen-simbolismo-y-trasfondo-sociocultural","title":"Flying Witch Head in Quechua Oral Tradition: Origin, Symbolism, and Sociocultural Background","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(25, 128, 5);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: ES-PE; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis study explores the Quechua tradition of flying witch heads in the departments of Ayacucho, Huancavelica, and Junín in the south-central Peruvian Andes. \u003cstrong\u003eThrough rigorous ethnographic, anthropological, and symbolic analysis, authors Néstor Godofredo Taipe Campos and Nolberto Claudio Rojas Porras investigate the pre-Hispanic origin and historical transformations of these magical-religious beliefs.\u003c\/strong\u003e The work reveals how these narratives function as mechanisms of social control and domination, particularly against indigenous women, while unraveling the deep cultural meanings of this oral tradition also present in Bolivia and Argentina. With firsthand testimonies and an interdisciplinary approach combining anthropology, history, linguistics, and semiotics, this book represents a fundamental contribution to making visible and revaluing the intangible cultural heritage of contemporary Quechua peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(25, 128, 5);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: ES-PE; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,0,1,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Néstor G. TAIPE CAMPOS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,0,1,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Nolberto C. ROJAS PORRAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(25, 128, 5);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: ES-PE; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(150, 177, 145);\"\u003ePrologue:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(8, 8, 8);\"\u003eAbilio Vergara Figueroa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e","brand":"Tienda UNSCH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47519540248821,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"PEN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/1554\/6101\/files\/ChatGPTImage25may2026_04_21_01p.m..png?v=1779744039","url":"https:\/\/fondoeditorial.unsch.edu.pe\/en\/products\/cabeza-de-bruja-que-vuela-en-la-tradicion-oral-quechua-origen-simbolismo-y-trasfondo-sociocultural","provider":"Fondo Editorial","version":"1.0","type":"link"}