Peruvianizing Peru: Covers from Amauta Magazine (1926–30) “This magazine . . . does not represent a group. It represents, rather, a movement, a spirit” — or perhaps a “specter”? Whatever the preferred translation, the intention was clear: with these words, editor José Carlos Mariátegui was announcing the arrival of a radical new publication on Lima’s avant-garde scene. Amauta, as his endeavor was ...