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Performing kinship : narrative, gender, and the intimacies of power in the Andes / Krista E. Van Vleet.

Author/creator Van Vleet, Krista E., 1965-
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Descriptionxiv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction: relative intimacies, storied lives -- Sullk'ata contexts : reflections on identities and localities -- Circulation of care : a primer on Sullk'ata relatedness -- Narrating sorrow, performing relatedness : a story told in conversation -- Storied silences : adolescent desires, gendered agency, and the practice of stealing women -- Reframing the married couple : affect and exchange in three parts -- "Now my daughter is alone" : violence and the ambiguities of affinity -- Conclusion: Reflections on the dialogical production of relatedness -- Appendix A. chapter 5 narrative transcriptions in Quechua and in English -- Appendix b. Chapter 6 interview transcriptions in Quechua.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-256) and index.
LCCN 2007030971
ISBN9780292717077 (cl. : alk. paper)
ISBN0292717075 (cl. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780292717084 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0292717083 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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