Burying the Past: Locality, Lived History, and Death in an Aymara Ritual of Remembrance

Orta presents an approach to Andean locality as a porous frame of positioned practice presupposing and effecting translocal entanglements. Alongside this, efforts by the contemporary Catholic Church to forge pan-Aymara ethnic identity represent different translocal aspirations.

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Published in:Cultural anthropology 2002-11, Vol.17 (4), p.471-511
Main Author: Orta, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Andean languages
Anthropology
Bolivia
City squares
Commemorations
Communities
Cultural anthropology
Cultural identity
Death
Death rituals
Ethnic identity
Ethnicity
Funerary rituals
History
Indigenous people
Indigenous populations
Indigenous rights
Interethnic relations
Massacres
Memory
Native peoples
Rebellions
Religious rituals
Rites & ceremonies
Ritual
Rituals
Solidarity
Soul
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Summary:Orta presents an approach to Andean locality as a porous frame of positioned practice presupposing and effecting translocal entanglements. Alongside this, efforts by the contemporary Catholic Church to forge pan-Aymara ethnic identity represent different translocal aspirations.
ISSN:0886-7356
1548-1360
DOI:10.1525/can.2002.17.4.471