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Beyond the lettered city : indigenous literacies in the Andes / Joanne Rappaport and Tom Cummins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rappaport, Joanne.
- Series:
- Narrating native histories.
- Narrating native histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literacy--Social aspects--Andes Region--History.
- Literacy.
- Communication and culture--Andes Region--History.
- Communication and culture.
- Indians of South America--Andes Region--History.
- Indians of South America.
- Spain--Colonies--America--Administration--History.
- Spain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (398 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book extends the conception of literacy beyond the written word to incorporate the visual. Focusing on the period of colonization in the Andean region the authors argue that the European cultural literacy that they imposed on the indigenous population was not just a tool for oppression and control but was used by the local people as a means to assert their own cultural identity.
- Contents:
- Imagining colonial culture
- Genre/gender/género : [MARC+95]que no es uno ni otro, ni está claro?
- The indigenous lettered city
- Genres in action
- The king's quillca and the rituality of literacy
- Reorienting the colonial body : space and the imposition of literacy.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822394754
- 0822394758
- OCLC:
- 773258033
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