Ñakari - cultural forms of suffering after political violence in Perú

Authors

  • Eli Malvaceda E. Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rinvp.v13i2.3720

Keywords:

suffering, culture, political violence, qualitative met.study, psychosocial consequences

Abstract

This article describes the different cultural ways of experiencing the suffering behind the political violence in Peru. It is usually assumed that everyone feel the pain similarly, is inconceivable a suffering different to the official and we intervening under the terms of our modernity, ignoring the cultural ways of experiencing the trauma, so in this article, which is part of a qualitative met.study about the psychosocial consequences of the political violence in Peru, here we present these cultural forms of suffering, such as llakis (painful memories), pinsamientuwan (recurring worries), manchay (fear, fright), iquyay (weakness) alcansu (damage), llaki nuño (scared teat), among others.

Author Biography

  • Eli Malvaceda E., Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
    Psicólogo egresado de la UNMSM.

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Published

2010-12-31

Issue

Section

Investigaciones

How to Cite

Malvaceda E., E. (2010). Ñakari - cultural forms of suffering after political violence in Perú. Revista De Investigación En Psicología, 13(2), 129-138. https://doi.org/10.15381/rinvp.v13i2.3720