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The Peru Reader – History, Culture, Politics: The Latin America Readers

Autor Orin Starn, Robin Kirk, Carlos Iván Degregori
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 dec 2005
An interdisciplinary anthology of work from and about Peru, including nonfiction, poetry, journalism, history, and cultural analysis, that includes many primary resources never before published in English
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ISBN-13: 9780822336495
ISBN-10: 0822336499
Pagini: 600
Ilustrații: 62 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 167 x 234 x 39 mm
Greutate: 0.96 kg
Ediția:Revised and Upd
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
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"This is an extremely deep, broad, and insightful collection on Peru."--Jorge Castaneda, author of "Utopia Unarmed: The Latin American Left after the Cold War" and former Foreign Minister of Mexico

Cuprins

A Note On Style xi
Introduction 1
Part I: The Ancient Civilizations 13
The Chavin Cult / Brian Fagan 17
Nazca Pottery / Javier Sologuren 28
The Huarochiri Manuscript / Anonymous 30
Moon, Sun, Witches / Irene Silverblatt 36
The Origins of the Incas / Garcilaso de la Vega 50
Cloth, Textile, and the Inca Empire / John Murra 56
Taxation and the Incas / Pedro de Cieza de Leon 71
Officials and Messengers, Guaman Poma de Ayala 76
The Search for Machu Picchu / Hiram Bingham 82
Part II: Conquest and Colonial Rule 93
Atahualpa and Pizarro / John Hemming 97
In Defense of the Indians / Bartolome de las Casas 119
Our House / Marco Martos 123
The Tragedy of Success / Steve J. Stern 124
Diary of Colonial Lima / Josephe de Mugaburu y Honton 149
Friar Martin's Mice / Ricardo Palma 154
The Rebellion of Tupac Amaru / Alberto Flores Galindo 159
"All Must Die!" / Jose Antonio de Areche 169
Part III: Republican Peru 175
The Battle of Ayacucho / Antonio Cisneros 179
Comas and the War of the Pacific / Florencia E. Mallon 181
Priests, Indians, Soldiers, and Heroes / Manuel Gonzalez Prada 199
Women of Lima / Flora Tristan 207
Amazonian Indians and the Rubber Boom / Manuel Cordova 215
Pat IV: The Advent of Modern Politics 227
Tempest in the Andex / Luis Valcarcel 231
Water! / Juan Pevez 235
Reflections / Jose Carlos Mariategui 240
Human Poems / Cesar Vallejo 246
The APRA / Victor Raul Haya de la Torre 253
The Massacre of Chan Chan / Carleton Beals 258
Lost to Sight / Cesar Moro 266
Part V: The Breakup of the Old Order 269
The Pongo's Dream / Jose Maria Arguedas 273
"The Master Will No Longer Feed Off Your Poverty" / Juan Velasco 279
The 24th of June / Gabriel Aragon 285
Villa El Salvador / Cecilia Blondet 287
Recipe for a House / Mercedes Torribio 293
Featherless Vultures / Julio Ramon Ribreyo 296
Peru's African Rhythms / Nicomedes Santa Cruz 305
A Guerrilla's Word / Javier Heraud 307
Liberation Theology / Gustavo Gutierrez 309
A World for Julius / Alfredo Bryce Echenique 313
Part IV: The Shining Path 319
"A Frightening Thirst for Vengeance" / Osman Morote 323
We Are the Initiators / Abimael Guzman 325
The Quota / Gustavo Gorriti 331
Memories of a Cadre / Nicario 343
Oath of Loyalty / Anonymous 351
Part VII: Manchay Tiempo 353
Vietnam in the Andex / Pancho 357
Death Threat / Anonymous 364
Women and Terror / Raquel Martin de Mejia 366
Chaqwa / Robin Kirk 370
Huamanguino / Ranulfo Fuentes 384
"There Have Been Threats" / Maria Elena Moyano 387
Peasants at War / Ponciano del Pino 393
Time of Reckoning / Salomon Lerner 401
Part VIII: The Cocaine Economy 407
The Hold Life has / Catherine J. Allen 411
My Little Coca, Let Me Chew You! / Anonymous 424
The Cocaine Economy / Jo Ann Dawell 425
Drugs, Soldiers, and Guerrillas / Chaname 438
Part IX: The Struggle for Survival 441
Soup of the Day / Family Kitchen No. 79 445
Nightwatch / Orin Starn 447
"A Momentous Decision" / Alberto Fujimori 460
Choleric Outbreak / Caretas 468
Bribing a Congressman / Alberto Kouri and Vladimiro Montesinos 474
Simply Pascuala / Jose Maria Salcedo 477
Part X: Culture(s) Redefined 481
Chayraq! / Carlos Ivan Degregori 485
The Choncholi Chewing Gum Rap / Nosquien y los Nosecuantos 489
Sarita Colonia Comes Flying / Eduardo Gonzalez Viana 491
is Peru Turning Protestant? / Luis Minaya 496
Interview with a Gay activist / Enrique Bossio 502
Adrenaline Nights / Carmen Olle 507
Reencounter / Giovanna Pollarolo 509
I Am the Bad Girl of the Story / Maria Emilia Cornejo 511
Conversation in the Cathedral / Mario Vargas Lllosa 512
The Slave / Jaime Bayly 528
Aguaruna Adventures / Anonymous 553
Self-Images / Workshop for Social Photography 562
Suggestions for Further Readings 567
Acknowledgments 571
Acknowledgment of Copyrights 573
Index 577