With the Saraguros : the blended life in a transnational world / David Syring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Syring, David, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saraguro Indians--Social life and customs.

Saraguro Indians.

Saraguro Indians--Ethinic identity.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Manners and customs.

Saraguro Region (Ecuador)--Social life and customs.

Saraguro Region (Ecuador).

Globalization--Social aspects--Ecuador--Saraguro Region.

Globalization.

Ecuador.

Physical Description:

ix, 161 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2014.

Summary:

"The first humanistic portrait of life among southern Ecuador's Saraguros, this work includes a meditative self-reflection on the author's role as anthropologist, the role of cross-cultural understanding in the Andean Highlands and beyond, and the meaning of the good life in different cultural contexts; it further considers how contemporary globalization shapes people's lives and thought"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments

Prologue: Advice to a Technopelli

1. Attuning and the Development of an Approach to Fieldwork

Interlude 1. Three Images of Technopelli

2. A Necklace, a Metaphor, and the Saraguro Context

3. La Vida Matizada and Work Life in a Globalizing Society

Interlude 2. A House in Three Different Times

4. Weaving la Vida Matizada: Beadwork and Cooperatives in Saraguro Women's Lives

Interlude 3. Los Caracoles: Travels and Transformations of Aesthetic Ideas

5. Sweet Water and Exotic Fish: Ecological Imaginations in a World of Traveling Creatures

Interlude 4. Empty Doorways and Shadowy Figures: Anthropologist as Accidental Business Consultant

6. On the Development and Value of an Anthropological Consciousness

Epilogue: A Story for a Technopelli&'s Last Hour in Town

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780292760936

0292760930

OCLC:

876882896