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Rethinking history and myth: indigenous South American perspectives on the past

Hill, Jonathan David, 1954-

Year: c1988.

Publisher: University of Illinois Press.

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Frontmatter

Introduction: Myth and History

1 Cauchu Uras: Lowland Quichua Histories of the Amazon Rubber Boom

2 Righting History in the Northwest Amazon: Myth, Structure, and History in an Arapaço Narrative

3 The Destroying Christ: An Aymara Myth of Conquest

4 Time, Narrative, and Ritual: Historical Interpretations from an Amazonian Society

5 The Josho Nahuanbo Are All Wet and Undercooked: Shipibo Views of the Whiteman and the Incas in Myth, Legend, and History

6 Images of Resistance to Colonial Domination

7 Cerebral Savage: The Whiteman as Symbol of Cleverness and Savagery in Waurá Myth

8 Political Memories and Colonizing Symbols: Santiago and the Mountain Gods of Colonial Peru

9 History, Myth, and Social Consciousness among the Kayapó of Central Brazil

10 Indian Voices: Contact Experienced and Expressed

Commentary: Ethno-Ethnohistory: Myth and History in Native South American Representations of Contact with Western Society

Commentary: Historical and Mythic Evocations of Chthonic Power in South America

References Cited

Notes on Contributors

Index

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Title:

Rethinking history and myth : indigenous South American perspectives on the past edited by Jonathan D. Hill.

Author:

Hill, Jonathan David, 1954-

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Rethinking history and myth : indigenous South American perspectives on the past edited by Jonathan D. Hill.
Hill, Jonathan David, 1954-
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1988.

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Subject Headings:

• Indians of South America -- History -- Congresses
• Indian mythology -- South America -- Congresses

Notes:

• Rev. versions of papers read in 1984 at a session of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Denver.
• Includes index.
• Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required

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