Centre for Amerindian, Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CAS) Theses: Recent submissions
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Space, time and harmony : symbolic aspects of language in Andean textiles with special reference to those from Bolivar Province (Cochabamba, Bolivia).
(1992) - ThesisThe thesis investigates how the designs woven in Andean textiles make up a symbolic language which both communicates information about those who wear them and demonstrates their desire to balance the opposing forces which ... -
The implications of manioc cultivation in the culture and mythology of the Machiguenga of South Eastern Peru
(1986) - ThesisThe aim of this thesis is to effect an introduction to the place of manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in the culture of the Machiguenga Indians of the Peruvian rain forest. The main substance of my work finds its focus in ... -
Kametsa asaiki : the pursuit of the 'good life' in an Ashaninka village (Peruvian Amazonia)
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisThis thesis is an ethnographic study of the pursuit of kametsa asaiki (‘the good life’) in an Ashaninka village by the Bajo Urubamba River (Peruvian Amazonia). My study centres on Ashaninka social organization in a context ... -
Between the Ayllu and the nation-state : intertextuality and ambiguities of identity in San Pablo de Lípez
(2001) - ThesisThis thesis is based on fieldwork carried out in San Pablo de Lípez province, Bolivia. Through an examination of the history of the region, economic activities, ritual and oral histories, it seeks to understand the sorts ... -
Symbolic arrangement and communication in the despacho
(1990) - ThesisThe thesis investigates the content and composition of the despacho, the ritual offering used to propitiate principal earth deities in the Bolivian mining town of Oruro (Department of Oruro). The despacho is also designed ...