The Politics of Memory: Native Historical Interpretation in the Colombian Andes

(Book #70 in the Cambridge Latin American Studies Series)

by Joanne Rappaport

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How does a culture in which writing is not a prominent feature create historical tradition? In The Politics of Memory, Joanne Rappaport answers this question by tracing the past three centuries of the intellectual history of the Nasa--a community in the Colombian Andes. Focusing on the Nasa historians of the eighteenth through twentieth centuries, Rappaport highlights the differences between "native" history and Eurocentric history and demonstrates...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822319721

ISBN13:9780822319726

Release Date:May 1998

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Americas Ancient Colombia Cultural Early Civilization Folklore & Mythology Historical Study & Educational Resources Historiography History Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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