Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes.
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- text
- computer
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- 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
- 986.15
- F3721
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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