Situating the Andean Colonial Experience : : Ayllu Tales of History and Hagiography in the Time of the Spanish / / Denise Y. Arnold.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Arnold, Denise Y.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Mesoamerica, the Caribbean, and South America, 700-1700
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

Re-situating Andean colonial history from the perspective of the local historians of ayllu Qaqachaka, in highland Bolivia, this book draws on regional oral history combined with local and public written archives. Rejecting the binary models in vogue in colonial and postcolonial studies (indigenous/non-indigenous, Andean/Western, conquered/conquering), it explores the complex intercalation of legal pluralism and local history in the negotiations around Spanish demands, resulting in the so-called "Andean pact."[-]The Qaqachaka's point of reference is the preceding Inka occupation, so in fulfilling Spanish demands they seek cultural continuity with this recent past. Spanish colonial administration, applies its roots in Roman-Germanic and Islamic law to many practices in the newly-conquered territories. Two major cycles of ayllu tales trace local responses to these colonial demands, in the practices for establishing settlements, and the feeding and dressing of the Catholic saints inside the new church, with their forebears in the Inka mummies.

Re-situating Andean colonial history from the perspective of the local historians of ayllu Qaqachaka, in highland Bolivia, this book draws on regional oral history combined with local and public written archives. Rejecting the binary models in vogue in colonial and postcolonial studies (indigenous/non-indigenous, Andean/Western, conquered/conquering), it explores the complex intercalation of legal pluralism and local history in the negotiations around Spanish demands, resulting in the so-called “Andean pact.” The Qaqachaka’s point of reference was the preceding Inka occupation, so in fulfilling Spanish demands they sought cultural continuity with this recent past. Spanish colonial administration, with its roots in Roman-Germanic and Islamic law, infiltrated many practices into the newly-conquered territories. Two major cycles of ayllu tales trace local responses to these colonial demands, in the practices for establishing settlements, and the feeding and dressing of the Catholic saints inside the new church, with their forebears in the Inka mummies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Note About the Spelling of Toponyms and Proper Names -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE ORAL HISTORY OF QAQACHAKA -- Chapter 1. Genesis in Qaqachaka -- Chapter 2. The First Ancestors of the Place -- Chapter 3. The Mit’a, the Mines, and Slavery -- Chapter 4. A Gentleman’s Agreement Between Literate Caciques -- Chapter 5. Settling the New Place of Qaqachaka and its Ayllus -- Chapter 6. Some Clarifications about Juana Doña Ana and her Kinsfolk -- PART TWO: THE COLONIAL CACIQUES IN ORAL AND WRITTEN HISTORY -- Chapter 7. The Caciques of Qharaqhara and Quillacas- Asanaque -- PART THREE: QAQACHAKA MARKA -- Chapter 8. From the History to the Hagiography of Qaqachaka -- PART FOUR: THE SAINTS APPEAR -- Chapter 9. Tata Quri, “Father Gold” -- Chapter 10. The Construction of Qaqachaka’s Church -- Chapter 11. Tata Quri wants a Family -- PART FIVE: THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF QAQACHAKA MARKA -- Chapter 12. The Origins of the Ritual Practices Around the Church -- Chapter 13. Let’s Sing to the Gods -- Chapter 14. Converting the Saints into Persons -- Some Conclusions -- Glossary -- Appendix A. Document C of Don Franco Quispe Maraza -- Appendix B. Document K of Don Franco Quispe Maraza -- Bibliography -- Index