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'Tambo : Life in an Andean Village / Julia Meyerson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Meyerson, Julia, 1953- author.
Contributor:
American Council of Learned Societies.
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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