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With the Saraguros : The Blended Life in a Transnational World / David Syring.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Syring, David, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization--Social aspects--Ecuador--Saraguro Region.
- Globalization.
- Saraguro Indians--Ethinic identity.
- Saraguro Indians.
- Saraguro Indians--Social life and customs.
- Saraguro Region (Ecuador)--Social life and customs.
- Saraguro Region (Ecuador).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (174 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-292-76094-9
- OCLC:
- 895661278
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