Gods & vampires : return to Chipaya

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Gods & vampires : return to Chipaya

Nathan Wachtel ; translated by Carol Volk

University of Chicago Press, 1994

  • : cloth
  • : paper

タイトル別名

Dieux et vampires : retour à Chipaya

Gods and vampires

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注記

Spine title: Gods and vampires

Originally published: Paris : Seuil , c1992

Bibliographical references: p. 141-143

Includes index

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内容説明

When Nathan Wachtel, the historical anthropologist, returned to the village of Chipaya, the site of his extensive fieldwork in the Bolivian Andes, he learned a group of Uru Indians was being incarcerated and tortured for no apparent reason. Even more strangely, no one - not even his closest informant and friend - would speak about it. Wachtel discovered that a series of recent deaths and misfortunes in Chipaya had been attributed to the evil powers of the Urus, a group usually regarded with suspicion by the other ethnic groups. Those incarcerated were believed to be the chief sorcerers and vampires whose paganistic practices had brought death to Chipaya by upsetting the social order. Wachtel's investigation, told in "Gods and Vampires: Back to Chipaya", reveals much about relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups and confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropology. His analysis shows that the Urus had become victims of the same set of ideals the Spanish had used, centuries before, to establish their hegemony in the region. Presented as a personal detective story, "Gods and Vampires" is Wachtel's latest work in a series studying the ongoing impact of the Spanish conquest on the Andean consciousness and social system. It should be of interest to scholars of anthropology, Latin American studies and Native American studies.

目次

Maps 1: Yesterday and Today 2: The Day I Was God 3: The Midnight Confession 4: Tales of Vampires 5: Gregorio's Troubles 6: Religious Quests 7: Parties in the Pampa 8: Final Note Notes Glossary Index

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