Title: Transformación religiosa y desintegración de la comunidad aymara tradicional en el norte de Chile
First published: 1992
Description: "Detailed examination based on archival research of sociocultural transformation among Aymara of northern Chile during 19th and 20th centuries focuses particularly on introduction of new belief systems developed in response to modernization. Also examines how processes of modernization, nationalism, and secularization promoted the loss of traditional forms of community organization and ethnic identity. Significant contribution"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Subjects: Aymara Indians, Social conditions, Religion, Evangelistic work, History, Aymara mythology
Places: Chile
LC classification: F2230.2.A9 T83 1992