The metamorphosis of heads : textual struggles, education, and land in the Andes / Denise Y. Arnold with Juan de Dios Yapita.

Uniform titleRincón de las cabezas. English
SeriesIlluminations
Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ^A594020
Contents Andean textual polity -- Colonizing texts and the struggle over meanings -- Lands, seeds, and letters : the cycles of production and reproduction -- Cycles of metamorphosis : the children as enemies -- Warriors and weavers : the pathways of learning in the community -- The cycles of libations in school rituals -- Cycles of memory : the Inka's voice -- Cycles of sound : prayers and the "rain of letters" -- The corporeality of Kipus : toward a mathematics incarnate -- Kipu, number, and writing -- Textual logic in the Andes -- Toward an Andean textual theory.
General noteTranslation of: El rincón de las cabezas.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 303-322) and index.
LCCN 2005031096
ISBN0822942801 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822942801

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Joyner General Stacks F3320.1.E4 A7513 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold