Andean Lives Gregorio Condori Mamani and Asunta Quispe Huamï¿½n

Name: Andean Lives Gregorio Condori Mamani and Asunta Quispe Huamï¿½n
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ISBN: 9780292724921

ISBN-10: 0292724926

ISBN-13: 9780292724921

Edition: 1996

Authors: Ricardo Valderrama Fernï¿½ndez, Carmen Escalante Gutiï¿½rrez, Paul H. Gelles, Gabriela Martï¿½nez Escobar, Eulogio Nishiyama

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Gregorio Condori Mamani and Asunta Quispe Huamn wererunakuna, a Quechua word that means "people" and refers to the millions of indigenous inhabitants neglected, reviled, and silenced by the dominant society in Peru and other Andean countries. For Gregorio and Asunta, however, that silence was broken when Peruvian anthropologists Ricardo Valderrama Fernndez and Carmen Escalante Gutirrez recorded their life stories. The resulting Spanish-Quechua narrative, published in the mid-1970s and since translated into many languages, has become a classic introduction to the lives and struggles of the "people" of the Andes.Andean Livesis the first English translation of this important book. Working…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 4/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 213
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Ricardo Valderrama Fernï¿½ndez is an anthropologist.

Carmen Escalante Gutiï¿½rrez is an anthropologist.

Gabriela Martï¿½nez Escobar is a professional ethnographic filmmaker in Berkeley, California.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Preliminary Note to the Original Edition: Ricardo Valderrama Fernaacute;ndez and Carmen Escalante Gutieacute;rrez


Gregorio Condori Mamani



Beginnings



Aeroplanes and Other Beasts



Military Tricks



Earth Mother, Cropkeeper, and the Three Brothers



The Barracks



"The Army Isn't Christian"



Inkas and Spaniards



Stories from Jail



Rosa, Josefa, and Miracle Shrines



Life with Asunta



The Factory



We Strappers


Asunta Quispe Huamaacute;n



Running Away from the Hacienda



Eusebio



"I Stopped Bearing That Cross"



Life with Gregorio


Postscript: Paul H. Gelles and Gabriela Martinez Escobar


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index