Holy intoxication to drunken dissipation : alcohol among Quichua speakers in Otavalo, Ecuador / Barbara Y. Butler.

Author/creator Butler, Barbara Y., 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2006.
Descriptionxxviii, 452 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Quechua Indians--Alcohol use. --Ecuador. --Otavalo.
Quechua Indians--Ecuador. --Otavalo. --Rites and ceremonies.
Quechua Indians--Ecuador. --Otavalo. --Religion.
Drinking customs--Ecuador. --Otavalo.
Earthquakes--Ecuador. --Otavalo.
Social change--Ecuador. --Otavalo.
Otavalo (Ecuador)--Social conditions.
Otavalo (Ecuador)--Religious life and customs.
Otavalo (Ecuador)--Social life and customs.

Contents Introduction: Machapashun, let's you and I get drunk -- Huasichiy boda huasi : a ceremonial open house -- Ufyapashunchic : let's drink together -- Taita dios and taita imbabura -- Cantina and boda huasi : local bar and ceremonial open house -- Curagacuna or viejos chumados : native lords or drunk old men -- Pachacuti : world reversal -- Runa gente, gente civilizada : uniting the contradictions of the indigenous and the fully civilized -- Evangelistas, catequistas, and activistas -- Yapa ufyadur carcanchic : we drank too much -- Transnational corazas 2000 -- Que viva runa causai : long live indigenous culture -- Appendix 1: Issues of ethics and objectivity -- Appendix 2: The sounds and writing conventions of Ecuadorian Quichua.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 439-445) and index.
LCCN 2005029795
ISBN0826338143 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780826338143

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Joyner General Stacks F2230.2.K4 B88 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold