Situating the Andean Colonial Experience

Ayllu Tales of History and Hagiography in the Time of the Spanish

AvDenise Y. Arnold

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del i serien Mesoamerica, the Caribbean, and South America, 700-1700

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Beskrivning

Re-situating Andean colonial history from the perspective of the local historians of ayllu Qaqachaka, in highland Bolivia, this book draws on regional oral history combined with local and public written archives. Rejecting the binary models in vogue in colonial and postcolonial studies (indigenous/non-indigenous, Andean/Western, conquered/conquering), it explores the complex intercalation of legal pluralism and local history in the negotiations around Spanish demands, resulting in the so-called “Andean pact.”The Qaqachaka’s point of reference was the preceding Inka occupation, so in fulfilling Spanish demands they sought cultural continuity with this recent past. Spanish colonial administration, with its roots in Roman-Germanic and Islamic law, infiltrated many practices into the newly-conquered territories. Two major cycles of ayllu tales trace local responses to these colonial demands, in the practices for establishing settlements, and the feeding and dressing of the Catholic saints inside the new church, with their forebears in the Inka mummies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-01-31
Mått:152 x 229 x 38 mm
Vikt:808 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Mesoamerica, the Caribbean, and South America, 700-1700
Antal sidor:452
Förlag:Arc Humanities Press
ISBN:9781641894043

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Denise Y. Arnold is an Anglo-Bolivian anthropologist and expert in Andean ethnography, who divides her time writing and teaching between London and La Paz.

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Note about the spelling of toponyms and proper namesAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The oral history of QaqachakaChapter 2. The first ancestors of the placeChapter 3. The mit’a, the mines and slaveryChapter 4. A gentleman’s agreement between literate caciquesChapter 5. Settling the new place of Qaqachaka and its ayllusChapter 6. Some clarifications about Juana Doña Ana and her kinsfolkPart II: The colonial caciques in oral and written historyChapter 7. The caciques of Qharaqhara and Quillacas-AsanaquePart III: Qaqachaka markaChapter 8. From the history to the hagiography of QaqachakaPart IV: The saints appearChapter 9. Tata Quri: “Father Gold” Chapter 10. The construction of Qaqachaka’s church Chapter 11. Tata Quri wants a familyPart V: The religious practices of Qaqachaka markaChapter 12. The origins of the ritual practices around the churchChapter 13. Let’s sing to the godsChapter 14. Converting the saints into personsSome conclusionsGlossaryBibliographyIndex of themesIndex of toponyms