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'Tambo : Life in an Andean Village /

Perhaps the best way to sharpen one's power's of observation is to be a stranger in a strange land. Julia Meyerson was one such stranger during a year in the village of 'Tambo, Peru, where her husband was conducting anthropological fieldwork. Though sometimes overwhelmed by the differ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Meyerson, Julia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2022]
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  • Frontmatter
  • 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 Andres, 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