Magical Writing In Salasaca: Literacy And Power In Highland EcuadorRoutledge, 27 avr. 2018 - 192 pages This book demonstrates that the beliefs about writing reflect extensive contact with birth certificates, baptism records, and other church and state documents. It reviews Ecuadorian history to identify the specific documentation sources that have most influenced beliefs in the witch's book. |
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... Social conditions. 2. Literacy— Social aspects—Ecuador. 3. Indian magic—Ecuador—Salasaca. 4. Ecuador— Ethnic relations. 5. Salasaca (Ecuador)—Social conditions. I. Title F2230.2.K4W64 2003 302.2'244'0986615—dc21 2003006402 Set in 11.25 ...
... Social conditions. 2. Literacy— Social aspects—Ecuador. 3. Indian magic—Ecuador—Salasaca. 4. Ecuador— Ethnic relations. 5. Salasaca (Ecuador)—Social conditions. I. Title F2230.2.K4W64 2003 302.2'244'0986615—dc21 2003006402 Set in 11.25 ...
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... social theory (from the works of Gramsci and Foucault forward). As much of the knowledge we have of the external world comes to us through language, it follows that knowledge-as-power is embodied in and exercised through linguistic ...
... social theory (from the works of Gramsci and Foucault forward). As much of the knowledge we have of the external world comes to us through language, it follows that knowledge-as-power is embodied in and exercised through linguistic ...
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Literacy And Power In Highland Ecuador Peter Wogan. projection screen and a social channel for salient cultural concerns with equality and envy, power and social identity. Wogan goes on to show how Christianity, a colonial legacy, and ...
Literacy And Power In Highland Ecuador Peter Wogan. projection screen and a social channel for salient cultural concerns with equality and envy, power and social identity. Wogan goes on to show how Christianity, a colonial legacy, and ...
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... social identity, and documentation. It is as if the Salasacas have acted out the scene in Like Water for Chocolate where the mother burns her daughter's birth certificate to obliterate her memory: in both cases, official documents ...
... social identity, and documentation. It is as if the Salasacas have acted out the scene in Like Water for Chocolate where the mother burns her daughter's birth certificate to obliterate her memory: in both cases, official documents ...
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... social world, that can influence ethnic self-conceptions. A person who never had to think much about such matters may start to confront new terms and identities when filling out forms for financial aid, a loan, or the census. Should ...
... social world, that can influence ethnic self-conceptions. A person who never had to think much about such matters may start to confront new terms and identities when filling out forms for financial aid, a loan, or the census. Should ...
Table des matières
1 | |
2 WITCHCRAFT AND WRITING | 27 |
3 SOURCES OF MAGICAL BELIEFS | 49 |
4 GODS BOOK | 75 |
5 THE DAY OF THE DEAD | 97 |
6 WEAVING AND WRITING | 117 |
7 CONCLUSION | 145 |
References | 153 |
Index | 169 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
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