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Cholas and Pishtacos: Stories of Race and Sex in the Andes (Women in Culture and Society)
Mary Weismantel
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Paperback. Cholas and Pishtacos are two provocative characters from South American popular culture. In this book, these two figures become vehicles for an exploration of race, sex, and violence beginning with three forms of social and economic interaction: estrangement, exchange and accumulation. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFFE; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
Cholas and Pishtacos are two provocative characters from South American popular culture - a sensual mixed-race woman and a horrifying white killer - who show up in everything from horror stories and dirty jokes to romantic novels and travel posters. In this book, these two figures become vehicles for an exploration of race, sex, and violence. Mary Weismantel's theory of race and sex begins not with individual identity but with three forms of social and economic interaction: estrangement, exchange and accumulation. She maps the barriers that separate white and Indian, male and female - barriers that exist not in order ... Read more
Cholas and Pishtacos are two provocative characters from South American popular culture - a sensual mixed-race woman and a horrifying white killer - who show up in everything from horror stories and dirty jokes to romantic novels and travel posters. In this book, these two figures become vehicles for an exploration of race, sex, and violence. Mary Weismantel's theory of race and sex begins not with individual identity but with three forms of social and economic interaction: estrangement, exchange and accumulation. She maps the barriers that separate white and Indian, male and female - barriers that exist not in order ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Series
Women in Culture and Society Series
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226891545
SKU
V9780226891545
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