Centre for Amerindian, Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CAS): Recent submissions
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Bilingualism in Calca, Department of Cuzco, Peru
(1973-06) - Thesis -
Locations of envy : an ethnography of Aguabuena potters
(University of St Andrews, 2012-12-04) - ThesisThis thesis is an anthropological exploration of the envy of Aguabuena people, a small rural community of potters in the village of Ráquira, in the Boyacá region of Andean Colombia. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork ... -
Metafreedom? The carnivalesque of freedom in a Brazilian favela
(University of St Andrews, 2012-05-15) - ThesisThis thesis dwells on the existence of freedom in the life of people in a Brazilian favela (shantytown). The ethnography presents the dance of freedom with the full intensity of a carnivalesque. The exploration also ponders ... -
Polarities of difference : how Wapichannao negotiate identities within a creole state
(2011) - ThesisThis thesis is an ethnographic account of how the Wapichannao, who are situated in the Rupununi of Guyana perceive themselves within the nation-state. This is also an account of how non-Amerindian Guyanese envisage ... -
A taste of movement : an exploration of the social ethics of the Tsimanes of lowland Bolivia
(1997) - ThesisThis thesis explores Tsimane understandings and creations of varying forms of sociality. Each chapter addresses different but related issues concerning sociality. Fieldwork was carried out in three riverine settlements ...