Title Creating context in Andean cultures / edited by Rosaleen Howard-Malverde

Published New York ; Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations Series Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 6 Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 6. Contents Introduction: between text and context in the evocation of culture / Rosaleen Howard-Malverde -- Peruvian Independence Day: ritual, memory, and the erasure of narrative / Penelope Harvey -- Saint Rose through the eyes of her devotees: from Flower of Lima to Mother of Carhuamayo / Luis Millones -- The art of ethnic militancy: theatre and indigenous consciousness in Colombia / Joanne Rappaport -- When pebbles move mountains: iconicity and symbolism in Quechua ritual / Catherine J. Allen -- Cultural transpositions: writing about rites in the llama corral / Penny Dransart -- Making men in her own image: gender, text, and textile in Qaqachaka / Denise Arnold -- Spatial reference and speaker orientation in early colonial Quechua / Willem F.H. Adelaar -- Point of view and evidentiality in the Huarochirí texts (Peru, 17th century) / Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz -- Writing from within: indigenous epistolary practices in the colonial period / Martin Lienhard -- On the margin: letter exchange among Andean non-literates / Sarah Lund -- The sound of light: emergent communication through Quechua shamanic dialogue / Tristan Platt Summary A major concern in current anthropological thinking is that the method of recording or translating into writing a society's cultural expressions--dance, rituals, pottery, the social use of space, et al--cannot help but fundamentally alter the meaning of the living words and deeds of the culture in question. Consequently, recent researchers have developed more dialogic methods for collecting, interpreting, and presenting data. These new techniques have yielded much success for anthropologists working in Latin America, especially in their efforts to understand how economically, politically, and socially subordinated groups use culture and language to resist the dominant national culture and to assert a distinct historical identity. This collection addresses these issues of "texts" and textuality as it explores various Latin American languages and cultures Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index Notes Print version record Subject Quechua language -- Discourse analysis Quechua language -- Semantics Culture -- Semiotic models. Discourse analysis, Narrative -- Andes Region Anthropological linguistics -- Andes Region Semantics -- Andes Region Criticism, Textual. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages. Anthropological linguistics Criticism, Textual Culture -- Semiotic models Discourse analysis, Narrative Quechua language -- Discourse analysis Quechua language -- Semantics Semantics Quechua (taal) Taalgebruik. Culturele aspecten. Andes Region Form Electronic book Author Howard-Malverde, Rosaleen LC no. 95042967 ISBN 9780195097894 0195097890 9780195109146 0195109147 1429414669 9781429414661 9786610529124 6610529124

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