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Our house in the clouds : building a second life in the Andes of Ecuador /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
©2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ;
bk. 31. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Where we are"" by Gerald Locklin; Introduction; Part One; 1. Planting a Tree for Plinio; 2. On Becoming Property Owners in Ecuador; 3. How Much Will All This Cost?; 4. Construction Begins, Poco a Poco; 5. "You're Going to Live Here?"; 6. The Lives of the Workers; 7. Carnival: Sins and Repentance, Abundance and Reciprocity; 8. Sticks and Stones, Mud and Horse Manure; 9. We Become Padrinos ... Again; 10. Strike!; 11. Putting Out Fires; 12. Personae non Gratae in Ecuador: (or) Why We Went to Peru Last Week; 13. On Becoming Residents of a Foreign Country: (or) "Just Go Get Married Again!"
- 14. Leaving CañarPart Two; 15. The Return; 16. On This Day a Year Ago; 17. Reality Sets In; 18. The Devil Is in the Details; 19. A Short History of This Place; 20. Moving Day; 21. The Wasipichana; 22. The Mysteries of the New House and a Mother's Visit; 23. Mama Michi, Curandera; 24. Coming Home to Cañar; 25. Neighbors and Fences; 26. La Uyanza: A Gift of Sustenance; 27. Life in Town; 28. Living in Two Worlds; 29. Epilogue: What on Earth Are We Doing Here?; Acknowledgments.