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The lettered mountain, a Peruvian village's way with writing, Frank Salomon and Mercedes Niño-Murcia

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The lettered mountain, a Peruvian village's way with writing, Frank Salomon and Mercedes Niño-Murcia

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The lettered mountain

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Frank Salomon and Mercedes Niño-Murcia

Sub title

a Peruvian village's way with writing

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Peru and the ethnography of writing -- An Andean community writes itself -- From khipu to narrative -- A tale of two lettered cities: schooling from ayllu to state -- "Papelito manda": the power of writing -- Power over writing: academy and ayllu -- Writing and the rehearsal of the past -- Village and diaspora as deterritorialized library

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