People of the water : change and continuity among the Uru-Chipayans of Bolivia /

Bastien, Joseph William, 1935-

People of the water : change and continuity among the Uru-Chipayans of Bolivia / Joseph W. Bastien. - Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xix, 223 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographies and index.

Journey to Santa Ana de Chipaya -- Lorenzo's cure -- History of Chipayans -- Subsistence and economy: ritual, mythology, and practice -- People of the common -- Modernization: changing Chipayans -- Ayllus Tajata and Tuanta and the Uru-Chipayan nation -- Inez's burial -- Fiesta of Santa Ana -- Comparisons and conclusions: reinvention of the Uru-Chipayan culture.



9781607812197


Chipaya Indians--Religion.
Chipaya Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Chipaya Indians--Social life and customs.
Ethnoecology--Bolivia--Chipaya.
Traditional farming--Bolivia--Chipaya.
Traditional medicine--Bolivia--Chipaya.


Electronic Books.

F3320 / .P467 2012