Situating the Andean colonial experience : Ayllu tales of history and hagiography in the time of the Spanish / Denise Y. Arnold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnold, Denise Y.

Series:

Mesoamerica, the Caribbean, and South America, 700-1700

Standardized Title:

Eventos del crepúsculo. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Ethnohistory.

Indigenous peoples--Mythology--Bolivia.

Indigenous peoples.

Bolivia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 385 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part II. The Colonial Caciques in Oral and Written History

Chapter 7. The Caciques of Qharaqhara and Quillacas-Asanaque

The Caciques of the Qharaqhara Federation

Who was Ayra Chinche?

The Deeds of Don Ayra Chinche

Interlude: The Andean Rules of Succession

The Caciques of the Quillacas-Asanaque Federation

Who Was Takimallku Astiti and, Besides, the Choquecallatis?

The Deeds of Taqimallku Astiti

Takimallku Astiti and the Composición de Tierras by Jose de la Vega Alvarado

Who was Bartolome Astete?

Who was the Ancestor Llanquepacha?

The Deeds of the Llanquepachas

Etymologies of the Names of Qaqachaka's Minor Ayllus

New Ties to the Valley Lands

Chapter 6. Some Clarifications about Juana Doña Ana and her Kinsfolk

Juana Doña Ana and her Predisposition for Scandalous Entanglements

Inka Mariya and the Red Snake

Juana Doña Ana Snatches the Title Deeds from an Unknown Man

The First Caciques of the Place, According to Doña Bernaldita Quispe

Inka Mariya Kicks Away the Thermal Waters

The Two Sisters and the Tan Señora of Notes of Money

The Chullpa Sister and the Death of the Chullpas

The Birth of the Sun and the Origins of Weaving

Chapter 4. A Gentleman's Agreement between Literate Caciques

Ayra Chinche and the Red Snake

The Leg in the Stirrup

The Local Caciques Become Boundary Makers

The Meeting in Darkness Between Ayra Chinche and Juana Doña Ana

Juana Doña Ana Meets the Seven Ancestors and then the Sun is Born

The Role of Juana Doña Ana in the Rites of Possession of Qaqachaka

Some Key Documents Held by the Title-Bearers

Chapter 5. Settling the New Place of Qaqachaka and its Ayllus

How the New Place was Populated

The Sons-In-Law who Married into Women from Qaqachaka

The Arrival of the Inkas

The Original Place Called "Qaqachika" and its Mountains

The First Cycle of Tales: In Which the Place of Qaqachika is Formed in a Sunless Twilight

The Second Cycle of Tales, Concerned with the Religious and Political Mit'a

Various Ancestors, Various Origins

Qaqachaka is Born from Money, for a Pot of Gold and Silver

Chapter 3. The Mit'a, the Mines, and Slavery

The Vicuña with a Broken Leg

Working as Mitayos

The Route to the Red Mountain of Potosí

Mitayos and Llamas

The Libations on the Journey

A Commentary on Mit'a and Mita

Front Cover

Half-title

Series information

Title page

Copyright information

Table of contents

List of Illustration

Note About the Spelling of Toponyms and Proper Names

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. The Oral History of Qaqachaka

Chapter 1. Genesis in Qaqachaka

The Chullpas and the Lord of the Clouds

Adam and Eve

The Red-Trousered Ant

The Ascension to Heaven

The Red-Trousered Ant Against the Colonial State

Ritual Practices that Allude to Ants

The Red Place of Birth

Chapter 2. The First Ancestors of the Place

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jun 2021).

ISBN:

9781641899642

1641899646

9781641894043

1641894040

OCLC:

1226593421