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Moon, Sun and Witches: Gender Ideologies and Class in Inca and Colonial Peru
Irene Marsha Silverblatt
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Description for Moon, Sun and Witches: Gender Ideologies and Class in Inca and Colonial Peru
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
When the Spanish arrived in Peru in 1532, men of the Inca Umpire worshipped the Sun as Father and their dead kings as ancestor heroes, while women venerated the Moon and her daughters, the Inca queens, as founders of female dynasties. In the pre-Inca period such notions of parallel descent were expressions of complementarity between men and women. Examining the interplay between gender ideologies and political hierarchy. Irene Silverblatt shows how Inca rulers used their Sun and Moon traditions as methods of controlling women and the Andean peoples the Incas conquered. She then explores the process by which the Spaniards ... Read more
When the Spanish arrived in Peru in 1532, men of the Inca Umpire worshipped the Sun as Father and their dead kings as ancestor heroes, while women venerated the Moon and her daughters, the Inca queens, as founders of female dynasties. In the pre-Inca period such notions of parallel descent were expressions of complementarity between men and women. Examining the interplay between gender ideologies and political hierarchy. Irene Silverblatt shows how Inca rulers used their Sun and Moon traditions as methods of controlling women and the Andean peoples the Incas conquered. She then explores the process by which the Spaniards ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Weight
371g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691022581
SKU
V9780691022581
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Reviews for Moon, Sun and Witches: Gender Ideologies and Class in Inca and Colonial Peru
This is a rich and compelling analysis-well conceived, innovative, and dealing with important frontiers in several fields. It will stand as a very important contribution to anthropology, ethnohistory, Latin American studies, and women's studies. -Kay B. Warren, Princeton University