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'Tambo : Life in an Andean Village / Julia Meyerson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyerson, Julia, 1953- author.
- Series:
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quechua Indians--Social life and customs.
- Quechua Indians.
- Paccaritambo (Peru)--Social life and customs.
- Paccaritambo (Peru).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 265 p., [16] p. of plates ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- The daily life of an Andean village, as seen by an American visitor.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The beginning
- 2. Natividad
- 3. Corn planting
- 4. San Miguel and the anniversary of the district
- 5. Todos Santos
- 6. Corn planting
- 7. My birthday
- 8. San Andrés, barley planting
- 9. Virgen Concebidayoq
- Interlude
- 10. Return to 'Tambo
- 11. Cleaning the wheat field
- 12. Carnaval
- 13. Puna yapuy
- 14. Teresa comes to Cusco
- 15. Easter
- 16. Harvesting early potatoes
- 17. Cruz Velakuy
- 18. Potato and barley harvests
- 19. Corn harvest
- 20. Weaving
- 21. San Juan, threshing
- 22. San Pedro, weaving
- 23. Gary's birthday, the Fiestas Patrias, Hugo's house
- 24. Mamacha Asunta
- 25. The brewery
- 26. Sonqo
- 27. Natividad again
- Epilogue: 1988
- Glossary
- Photo Inserts.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780292788114
- 0292788118
- OCLC:
- 1390559704
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