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- Book Title
- Life and Times of Grandfather Alonso : Culture and History in the
- ISBN
- 9780813516851
- Publication Year
- 1991
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- Textbook
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- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Life and Times of Grandfather Alonso, Culture and History in the Upper Amazon
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- Rutgers University Press
- Subject
- History
- Item Weight
- 523g
- Number of Pages
- 295 Pages
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In Blanca Muratorio's book, we are introduced to Rucuyaya Alonso, an elderly Quichua Indian of the Upper Ecuadorean Amazon. Alonso is a hunter, but like most Quichuas, he has done other work as well, bearing loads, panning gold, tapping rubber trees, and working for Shell Oil. He tells of his work, his hunting, his marriage, his fights, his fears, and his dreams. His story covers about a century because he incorporates the oral tradition of his father and grandfather along with his own memories. Through his life story, we learn about the social and economic life of that region. Chapters of Alonso's life history and oral tradition alternate with chapters detailing the history of the world around him--the domination of missionaries, the white settlers' expropriation of land, the debt system workers were subjected to, the rubber boom, the world-wide crisis of the 1930s, and the booms and busts of the international oil market. Muratorio explains the larger social, economic, and ideological bases of white domination over native peoples in Amazonia. She shows how through everyday actions and thoughts, the Quichua Indians resisted attacks against their social identity, their ethnic dignity, and their symbolic systems. They were far from submissive, as they have often been portrayed.
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Rutgers University Press
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9780813516851
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Publication Name
The Life and Times of Grandfather Alonso, Culture and History in the Upper Amazon
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1991
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
295 Pages
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523g
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Hegemony and Experience
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