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La experiencia de la muerte en Lima: siglo XVII

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  • Irma Barriga Calle

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La muerte ocupó un lugar central en la Lima colonial. La violencia cotidiana y la precariedad de la vida puestas de manifiesto a cada momento, junto a la permanente prédica en torno a las postrimerías del hombre, contribuyeron a ello. La “familiaridad” con la muerte, propia de la “muerte amaestrada”, y la posibilidad de ser víctima de una muerte súbita, llevó a la búsqueda de la adecuada preparación para conseguir una “buena muerte”, indispensable si se quería alcanzar la gloria eterna. Ello devino en un acusado formulismo en el ritual funerario. Igualmente, se apeló a la solidaridad entre vivos y muertos. Los difuntos seguían actuando en la sociedad, y los vivos, con sus oraciones podrían contribuir a aminorar el sufrimiento de sus seres queridos. Así, la frontera entre la vida y la muerte, no fue clara.

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  • Irma Barriga Calle, 1992. "La experiencia de la muerte en Lima: siglo XVII," Apuntes. Revista de ciencias sociales, Fondo Editorial, Universidad del Pacífico, vol. 19(31), pages 81-101.
  • Handle: RePEc:pai:apunup:es-31-07
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