LEADER 03607nam 2200757 450 001 9910789382903321 005 20230828200109.0 010 $a0-8229-7102-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000095317 035 $a(EBL)2038176 035 $a(OCoLC)878136380 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001385378 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11766903 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001385378 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11340666 035 $a(PQKB)10939880 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2038176 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2038176 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10853060 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL586654 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000095317 100 $a20051104h20062006 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe metamorphosis of heads $etextual struggles, education, and land in the Andes /$fDenise Y. Arnold with Juan de Dios Yapita 210 1$aPittsburgh :$cUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,$d[2006] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 225 1 $aIlluminations 300 $aTranslation of: El rinco?n de las cabezas. 311 $a0-8229-4280-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-322) and index. 327 $aAndean textual polity -- Colonizing texts and the struggle over meanings -- Lands, seeds, and letters : the cycles of production and reproduction -- Cycles of metamorphosis : the children as enemies -- Warriors and weavers : the pathways of learning in the community -- The cycles of libations in school rituals -- Cycles of memory : the Inka's voice -- Cycles of sound : prayers and the "rain of letters" -- The corporeality of Kipus : toward a mathematics incarnate -- Kipu, number, and writing -- Textual logic in the Andes -- Toward an Andean textual theory. 330 $aSince the days of the Spanish Conquest, the indigenous populations of Andean Bolivia have struggled to preserve their textile-based writings. This struggle continues today, both in schools and within the larger culture. The Metamorphosis of Heads explores the history and cultural significance of Andean textile writings--weavings and kipus (knotted cords), and their extreme contrasts in form and production from European alphabet-based texts. Denise Arnold examines the subjugation of native texts in favor of European ones through the imposition of homogenized curricula by the Educational Reform 410 0$aIlluminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 606 $aIndians of South America$xEducation$zBolivia 606 $aAymara Indians$xEducation 606 $aIndians of South America$zAndes Region$xLanguages$xWriting 606 $aQuipu 606 $aInca textile fabrics 606 $aIndian literature$xCriticism, Textual 606 $aTransmission of texts$zAndes Region 606 $aLiteracy$zBolivia 607 $aPeru$xHistory$yConquest, 1522-1548 607 $aSpain$xColonies$zAmerica$xAdministration 615 0$aIndians of South America$xEducation 615 0$aAymara Indians$xEducation. 615 0$aIndians of South America$xLanguages$xWriting. 615 0$aQuipu. 615 0$aInca textile fabrics. 615 0$aIndian literature$xCriticism, Textual. 615 0$aTransmission of texts 615 0$aLiteracy 676 $a302.2/24408998324 700 $aArnold$b Denise Y.$01554362 702 $aYapita$b Juan de Dios 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789382903321 996 $aThe metamorphosis of heads$93851498 997 $aUNINA