Playing with the Bull

Breeding, Blood, and Ritual in Multispecies Ethnography of Peruvian Bullfighting

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ID2285229
AuthorsJ Hartigan (0000-0001-8491-8430, corresponding author), Alexander Menaker (0000-0002-3653-5205)
Year2022
Volume27
Issue1-2
Pages57-79
Publication date2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1935-4932 • E-ISSN: 1935-4940
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jlca.12585
OpenAlexW4281257549
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited28

Turupukllayis a popular form of bullfighting in Peru that unfolds over several days. Social analysis ofturupukllayhas largely focused on the symbolic dimension of its most sensational form,Yawar Fiesta, in which a condor is affixed to the back of the bull. But regarding these animals merely as symbols results in a limited sense of 'play,' particularly given howturupukllayencompasses the bull as a life-form. Based on fieldwork in Andagua, Peru, we argue that playing with the bull is more extensive:turupukllaycan be seen as playing withtauromaquiabroadly-the art, life, and regulation of Spanish-style bullfighting. In Andagua,turupukllayplays with the bull through local breeding practices that physically transform it while also engaging in an ongoing burlesque of the formal features intauromaquia. This version ofturupukllayhighlights an ongoing historical dynamic at play in the wide popularity ofcorrida de torosin Peru

Aesthetics · Art · Burlesque · Ethnography · Geography · Literature · Political science · Popularity · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Law · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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