Foxboy : intimacy and aesthetics in Andean stories / Catherine J. Allen ; with illustrations by Julia Meyerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Catherine J.

Series:

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quechua Indians--Folklore.

Quechua Indians.

Quechua language--Texts.

Quechua language.

Quechua textile fabrics.

Foxes--Folklore.

Foxes.

Tales--Andes Region.

Tales.

Erotic stories--Social aspects--Andes Region.

Erotic stories.

Physical Description:

xii, 279 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Once there was a Quechua folktale. It begins with a trickster fox's penis with a will of its own and ends with a daughter returning to parents who cannot recognize her until she recounts the uncanny adventures that have befallen her since she ran away from home. Following the strange twists and turnings of this tale, Catherine J. Allen weaves a narrative of Quechua storytelling and story listening that links these arts to others—fabric weaving, in particular—and thereby illuminates enduring Andean strategies for communicating deeply felt cultural values. In this masterful work of literary nonfiction, Allen draws out the connections between two prominent markers of ethnic identity in Andean nations—indigenous language and woven cloth—and makes a convincing case that the connection between language and cloth affects virtually all aspects of expressive culture, including the performing arts. As she explores how a skilled storyteller interweaves traditional tales and stock characters into new stories, just as a skilled weaver combines traditional motifs and colors into new patterns, she demonstrates how Andean storytelling and weaving both embody the same kinds of relationships, the same ideas about how opposites should meet up with each other. By identifying these pervasive patterns, Allen opens up the Quechua cultural world that unites story tellers and listeners, as listeners hear echoes and traces of other stories, layering over each other in a kind of aural palimpsest.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

acknowledgments

FRINGE

BEGINNING

CHAPTER ONE A MARRIED COUPLE

CHAPTER TWO A FOX!

CHAPTER THREE INNER THREADS

CHAPTER FOUR STRANGE SPOUSES

CHAPTER FIVE LISTENING TO NUMBERS

CHAPTER SIX “CHAYRÍ?” “AND THEN?”

CHAPTER SEVEN AT THE BASE OF A BOULDER

CHAPTER EIGHT HOUSE OF DAMNED SOULS

CHAPTER NINE CANNIBAL LOVER

CHAPTER TEN MAMACHA

CHAPTER ELEVEN INSIDE OUT

RETURNING

FRINGE And that’s about it

APPENDIX A “KUNDURMANTA” “About Condor”

APPENDIX B “UKUKUMANTA” “About Bear”

APPENDIX C “CH’ASKA WARMI” “Star-wife”

APPENDIX D “HUALLASMANTA” “About the Huallas”

APPENDIX E GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION AND GLOSSARY

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

STORY INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-292-73484-0

OCLC:

753976358