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The Life and Times of Grandfather Alonso: Culture and History in the Upper Amazo
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- ISBN
- 9780813516844
- Subject Area
- Political Science, Social Science, History
- Publication Name
- Life and Times of Grandfather Alonso : Culture and History in the Upper Amazon
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Women's Studies, Anthropology / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Latin America / South America
- Publication Year
- 1991
- Series
- Hegemony and Experience Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Weight
- 21.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
ISBN-10
0813516846
ISBN-13
9780813516844
eBay Product ID (ePID)
848583
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Publication Name
Life and Times of Grandfather Alonso : Culture and History in the Upper Amazon
Language
English
Subject
Women's Studies, Anthropology / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Latin America / South America
Publication Year
1991
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, History
Series
Hegemony and Experience Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
21.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
90-021012
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Forest Travelers 2. Ethnicity, Language, Culture 3. Family and Youth 4. The Forest and the River 5. The State, Missionaries, and Native Consciousness, 1767-1896 6. Christianity and the Missions 7. Liberalism and Rubber: The Early Twentieth Century in the Oriente 8. The Days of the Varas, the Apu, and the Patrons 9. The Company and the Auca 10. Gold, Oil, and Cattle: The Twentieth Century in Tena-Archidona 11. My Friends the Yachaj 12. Dreams and Death Reflections 14. The Cultural Bases of Resistance Epilogue Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Notes Glossary References Index
Synopsis
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., 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., Blanca Muratorio introduces us to Rucuyaya Alonso, a Quichua elder from the Upper Ecuadorian Amazon. Grandfather Alonso's story spans a century, as his narrative incoporates oral tradition learned from both his father and grandfather. The book alternates between chapters of Alonso's life history, and chapters analyzing the history of the world around him--the domination of the missionaries and the state, the white settlers' expropriation of land, the debt-peonage system during the rubber boom, the world-wide crisis of the 1930s, and the booms and busts of the iternational oil market.Muratorio explains the larger social, economic, and ideological bases of white domination over native peoples in Amazonia. Her analysis of Quichua culture shows how through everyday practices of accommodation and resistance, and through expressions of humor, irony, and anger, the Quichua Indians were able to protect their cultural identity, their ethnic dignity, and their symbolic systems against the hegemonic forces of a white-dominated world.
LC Classification Number
F3721.1.N3M8613 1991
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