Compadres y priostes
Subtitle: la fiesta andina como espacio de memoria y resistencia cultural
By: Luis Fernando Botero (compilador)
Edition: 1a ed.
Series: Colección Antropología aplicada -- no. 3; Colección Antropología aplicada -- 3
Publisher: Ediciones ABYA-YALA
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Quito, Ecuador
Language: spa
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Indians of South America; Religion; Folklore; Fasts and feasts; Religious life and customs; Customs and practices; Syncretism (Religion); Catholic Church
Description: "Collection of student essays from a course on religious anthropology conducted in field sites. Students explore and describe festivals from the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church such as Christmas, Epiphany, Corpus Christi, All Souls, and various saints' days held in highland indigenous communities. Includes an historical and theoretical introduction by the editor/professor"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.