A LOOK AT THE CARNIVAL THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF CLIFFORD GEERTZ’S SYMBOLIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND LÉVI-STRAUSS’ STRUCTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Authors

  • Catalina Bohórquez Mendoza Universidad Nacional de Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/tecap.2012.10294

Keywords:

CARNIVAL, STUDENTS, MUSIC, CULTURE, SYMBOLIC, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA, BOGOTA, CONTESTARTE JOURNAL.

Abstract

Culture, from the perspective of Clifford Geertz and Lévi-Strauss, is understood as a “fabric” of meanings, as a set of “symbolic systems”. This idea was dubbed a semiotic definition of culture and is one of many approaches to understand this concept. We are interested in constructing an interpretation of carnival as a fundamental expression of different social groups. We analyze the students’ carnival of the 1920s and 30s in the city of Bogota in order to decipher its specific symbols and recognize its meaning, its social function and the changes it has caused in the university community and in the city of Bogotá.

Published

2012-05-01

How to Cite

Mendoza, C. B. (2012). A LOOK AT THE CARNIVAL THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF CLIFFORD GEERTZ’S SYMBOLIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND LÉVI-STRAUSS’ STRUCTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. Textos Escolhidos De Cultura E Arte Populares, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.12957/tecap.2012.10294

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