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Cholas and Pishtacos (Paperback, New edition)
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Cholas and Pishtacos (Paperback, New edition)
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Winner of the 2003 Senior Book Prize from the American Ethnological
Society.
The chola and the pishtaco are provocative characters from South
American popular culture--the former a sensual mixed-race woman and
the latter a horrifying white killer--who show up in everything
from horror stories and dirty jokes to romantic novels and travel
posters. In this elegantly written book, these two figures become
vehicles for an exploration of race, sex, and violence that pulls
the reader into the vivid landscapes and lively cities of the
Andes. Weismantel's theory of race and sex begins not with
individual identity but with three forms of social and economic
interaction: estrangement, exchange, and accumulation. She maps the
barriers that separate white and Indian, male and female-barriers
that exist not in order to prevent exchange, but rather to
exacerbate its inequality.
Weismantel weaves together sources ranging from her own fieldwork
and the words of potato sellers, hotel maids, and tourists to
classic works by photographer Martin Chambi and novelist Jose Maria
Arguedas. "Cholas and Pishtacos" is also an enjoyable and
informative introduction to a relatively unknown region of the
Americas.
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