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The Politics of Memory: Native Historical Interpretation in the Colombian Andes (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 70) by Joanne Rappaport is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Politics of Memory: Native Historical Interpretation in the Colombian Andes (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 70) about?

How does a culture in which writing is not a prominent feature create historical tradition? In The Politics of Memory, Joanne Rappaport answers this question by tracing the past three centuries of the intellectual history of the Nasa--a community in the Colombian Andes. Focusing on the Nasa historians of the eighteenth through twentieth centuries, Rappaport highlights the differences between "native" history and Eurocentric history and demonstrates how these histories must be examined in relatio

Who reads The Politics of Memory: Native Historical Interpretation in the Colombian Andes (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 70)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Joanne Rappaport
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Published
1990
Language
EN
ISBN
9780521373456
Category
history
Subjects
History, Anthropology, South America
Updated
2026-03-24

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