%0 Journal Article %T La pr¨¢ctica cultural de modificar el cuerpo como un texto de informaci¨®n e interpretaci¨®n social para la antropolog¨ªa f¨ªsica: Una perspectiva semi¨®tica %A Y¨¦pez V¨¢squez %A Rosaura %A Arz¨¢palo Mar¨ªn %A Ram¨®n %J Papeles de trabajo - Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios en Etnoling£¿£¿£¿-stica y Antropolog£¿-a Socio-Cultural %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X ancestral customs that have reinforced ethnic identify via the conception of corporal modification, remain rooted in many cultures, especially with regard to the head, as occurs in the andean cultures of peru. we can decode and reconstruct the signs included in these texts in order to understand the meaning and value to man's trajectory: creator and user of symbols. %K text %K signs %K symbols %K body images. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1852-45082007000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en