The Metamorphosis of Heads : Textual Struggles, Education, and Land in the Andes.
Arnold, Denise.
The Metamorphosis of Heads : Textual Struggles, Education, and Land in the Andes. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (345 pages) - Illuminations Series ; v.74 . - Illuminations Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Textual Struggles -- 1. Andean Textual Polity -- 2. Colonizing Texts and the Struggle over Meanings -- Part 2. The Rostrum of Heads -- 3. Land, Seeds, and Letters:The Cycles of Production and Reproduction -- 4. Cycles of Metamorphosis: The Children as Enemies -- 5. Warriors and Weavers: The Pathways of Learning in the Community -- 6. The Cycles of Libations in School Rituals -- Part 3. Andean Texts and their Interpretation -- 7. Cycles of Memory: The Inka's Voice -- 8. Cycles of Sound: Prayers and the "Rain of Letters -- 9. The Corporeality of Kipus: Toward a Mathematics Incarnate -- 10. Kipu, Number, and Writing -- 11. Textual Logic in the Andes -- 12. Toward an Andean Textual Theory -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Provides a comprehensive ethnography of writing in the Andes, and details the relationship between Andean peoples' struggle to preserve their indigenous textual forms in the face of Western cirricula, with their struggle for land and power.
9780822971023
Indians of South America-Education-Bolivia.
Aymara Indians-Education.
Indians of South America-Andes Region-Languages-Writing.
Quipu.
Inca textile fabrics.
Indian literature-Criticism, Textual.
Transmission of texts-Andes Region.
Literacy-Bolivia.
Peru-History-Conquest, 1522-1548.
Spain-Colonies-America-Administration.
Electronic books.
F3320
302.2/24408998324
The Metamorphosis of Heads : Textual Struggles, Education, and Land in the Andes. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (345 pages) - Illuminations Series ; v.74 . - Illuminations Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Textual Struggles -- 1. Andean Textual Polity -- 2. Colonizing Texts and the Struggle over Meanings -- Part 2. The Rostrum of Heads -- 3. Land, Seeds, and Letters:The Cycles of Production and Reproduction -- 4. Cycles of Metamorphosis: The Children as Enemies -- 5. Warriors and Weavers: The Pathways of Learning in the Community -- 6. The Cycles of Libations in School Rituals -- Part 3. Andean Texts and their Interpretation -- 7. Cycles of Memory: The Inka's Voice -- 8. Cycles of Sound: Prayers and the "Rain of Letters -- 9. The Corporeality of Kipus: Toward a Mathematics Incarnate -- 10. Kipu, Number, and Writing -- 11. Textual Logic in the Andes -- 12. Toward an Andean Textual Theory -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Provides a comprehensive ethnography of writing in the Andes, and details the relationship between Andean peoples' struggle to preserve their indigenous textual forms in the face of Western cirricula, with their struggle for land and power.
9780822971023
Indians of South America-Education-Bolivia.
Aymara Indians-Education.
Indians of South America-Andes Region-Languages-Writing.
Quipu.
Inca textile fabrics.
Indian literature-Criticism, Textual.
Transmission of texts-Andes Region.
Literacy-Bolivia.
Peru-History-Conquest, 1522-1548.
Spain-Colonies-America-Administration.
Electronic books.
F3320
302.2/24408998324