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RETHINKING HISTORY: Indigenous South American Perspectives on the Past
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Description for RETHINKING HISTORY: Indigenous South American Perspectives on the Past
paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 575.
Rethinking History and Myth explores narrative and ritual expressions of mythic and historical modes of consciousness among indigenous peoples of the Andean, Amazonian, and intermediate lowland regions of South America. Focusing on indigenous perspectives of South American interaction with Western colonial and national societies, the authors trace the interrelationships between myth and history to demonstrate how these peoples have developed a dynamic interpretive framework that enables them to understand their past.
Examining specific cultural and linguistic traditions that shape the social consciousness of native South Americans, the authors show that historical and mythic consciousness work together in ... Read more
Rethinking History and Myth explores narrative and ritual expressions of mythic and historical modes of consciousness among indigenous peoples of the Andean, Amazonian, and intermediate lowland regions of South America. Focusing on indigenous perspectives of South American interaction with Western colonial and national societies, the authors trace the interrelationships between myth and history to demonstrate how these peoples have developed a dynamic interpretive framework that enables them to understand their past.
Examining specific cultural and linguistic traditions that shape the social consciousness of native South Americans, the authors show that historical and mythic consciousness work together in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252060281
SKU
V9780252060281
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About Hill
Jonathan D. Hill is a professor of anthropology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and the author of several works, including Made-from-Bone: Trickster Myths, Music, and History from the Amazon.
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