%0 Journal Article
%T La "charapa ardiente" y la hipersexualizaci¨®n de las mujeres amaz¨®nicas en el Per¨²: perspectivas de mujeres locales
%A Motta
%A Ang¨¦lica
%J Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad (Rio de Janeiro)
%D 2011
%I Centro Latinoamericano de Sexualidad y Derechos Humanos
%R 10.1590/S1984-64872011000400003
%X since colonial times, the peruvian amazon has been portayed, internally, as a highly sexualized landscape. a character that the collective imagination has concentrated in local women through the charapa ardiente emblematic figure. this representation refers to a lustful woman always available for sexual intercourse. in this paper local women¡äs discourses and experiences around this representation are presented. through these i demonstrate both the fluid character of the meanings attached to it, as well as local women¡äs active participation in its recreation process.
%K amazon
%K peru
%K sexuality
%K gender
%K representations.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1984-64872011000400003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en