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The power of huacas

Brosseder, Claudia, 1973-

The power of huacas change and resistance in the Andean world of colonial Peru / [electronic resource] : by Claudia Brosseder. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Land Obsessed with Confessions; or, The Historians' Insights into the World of Colonial Andean Religious Specialists -- 2. Civil Versus Ecclesiastical Authorities -- 3. The Sickening Powers of Christianity: A Response by Andean Religious Specialists -- 4. Talking to Demons: The Intensified Persecution of Andean Religious Specialists (ca. 1609-1700) -- 5. From Outspoken Criticism to Clandestine Resistance -- 6. Glimpses of the Protective Powers of Andean Rituals in the Highlands -- 7. Andean Notions of Nature and Harm, and the Disempowerment of Andean Healers -- 8. Weeping Statues: The End of Jesuit Demonology and the Survival of an Andean Culture -- 9. Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Consulted Archives -- Bibliography -- Index.

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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America.
Shamanism--Peru.
Indians of South America--Rites and ceremonies.--Peru
Indians of South America--Religion.--Peru


Peru--History--1548-1820.
Peru--Religious life and customs.


Electronic books.

F2230.1.R3 / B76 2014

299.811/44