Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes.
Corr, Rachel.
Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (201 pages) - First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies . - First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. The Salasaca Runa -- Part I: Collective Rituals and Memory -- 2. The Catechist and the Quishuar Tree: Religious Transculturation in the Andean Contact Zone -- 3. Textual Strategies and Ritual Control in Early Twentieth-Century Salasaca -- 4. Prayer and Placemaking in the Andes: Staffholders and Cultural Memory -- 5. Life Lessons at a Time of Death -- Part II: Individual Acts and Personal Narratives -- 6. Tales of Amazonia: Personal Narratives of Healing by Yumbos -- 7. Shamanism -- 8. Narrating the Sacred Landscape: Religious Ethnographies of the Particular -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index.
9780816501113
Catholic Church-Ecuador-Salasaca-History.
Indians of South America-Ecuador-Salasaca-History.
Indians of South America-Ecuador-Salasaca-Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of South America-Ecuador-Salasaca-Religion.
Fasts and feasts-Ecuador-Salasaca-History.
Salasaca (Ecuador)-History.
Salasaca (Ecuador)-Religious life and customs.
Salasaca (Ecuador)-Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
F3721
986.15
Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (201 pages) - First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies . - First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. The Salasaca Runa -- Part I: Collective Rituals and Memory -- 2. The Catechist and the Quishuar Tree: Religious Transculturation in the Andean Contact Zone -- 3. Textual Strategies and Ritual Control in Early Twentieth-Century Salasaca -- 4. Prayer and Placemaking in the Andes: Staffholders and Cultural Memory -- 5. Life Lessons at a Time of Death -- Part II: Individual Acts and Personal Narratives -- 6. Tales of Amazonia: Personal Narratives of Healing by Yumbos -- 7. Shamanism -- 8. Narrating the Sacred Landscape: Religious Ethnographies of the Particular -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index.
9780816501113
Catholic Church-Ecuador-Salasaca-History.
Indians of South America-Ecuador-Salasaca-History.
Indians of South America-Ecuador-Salasaca-Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of South America-Ecuador-Salasaca-Religion.
Fasts and feasts-Ecuador-Salasaca-History.
Salasaca (Ecuador)-History.
Salasaca (Ecuador)-Religious life and customs.
Salasaca (Ecuador)-Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
F3721
986.15