Gods and Vampires Return to Chipaya

Name: Gods and Vampires Return to Chipaya
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ISBN: 9780226867649

ISBN-10: 0226867641

ISBN-13: 9780226867649

Edition: 1994

Authors: Nathan Wachtel, Carol Volk

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When Nathan Wachtel, the distinguished historical anthropologist, returned to the village of Chipaya, the site of his extensive fieldwork in the Bolivian Andes, he learned a group of Uru Indians was being incarcerated and tortured for no apparent reason. Even more strangely, no one--not even his closest informant and friend--would speak about it. Wachtel discovered that a series of recent deaths and misfortunes in Chipaya had been attributed to the evil powers of the Urus, a group usually regarded with suspicion by the other ethnic groups. Those incarcerated were believed to be the chief sorcerers and vampires whose paganistic practices had brought death to Chipaya by upsetting the social…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 164
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.85" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Maps



Yesterday and Today



The Day I Was God



The Midnight Confession



Tales of Vampires



Gregorio's Troubles



Religious Quests



Parties in the Pampa



Final Note


Notes


Glossary


Index