The Masked Media - Aymara Fiestas and Social Interaction in the Bolivian Highlands

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List of contents

Frontmatter -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- PART ONE : PROCESSES AND CONTENTS OF FIESTA COMMUNICATION -- 1. The Problem -- 2. The Setting -- PART TWO: THE STRUCTURE OF FIESTAS -- 3. Cyclical Fiestas -- 4. Compi Life-Crisis Fiestas -- 5. Town and City Fiestas -- PART THREE: RITUAL PARTICIPATION -- 6. Ritual Costs -- 7. Ritual Participation in Compi -- 8. The Limits of Participation -- 9. Ritual Participation in Cantón Fiestas -- 10. La Paz Fiesta Participation -- 11. The Implications of Changes in the Compi Fiesta System -- 12. Conclusion -- APPENDIX A. -- APPENDIX B. -- APPENDIX C. -- APPENDIX D. -- APPENDIX E. -- Glossary -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects

Product details

• Authors: Hans C Buechler, Hans C. Buechler
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1980
• EAN: 9789027977779
• ISBN: 978-90-279-7777-9
• No. of pages: 399
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 31 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 730 g
• Illustrations: 6 b/w ill., 11 b/w tbl., 4 maps, 16 plates
• Series: Approaches to Semiotics; Approaches to Semiotics [AS]; Approaches to Semiotics; Approaches to Semiotics [AS]; ISSN
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics