{"product_id":"ritual-encounters-9780252076039","title":"Ritual Encounters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mythic roots and modern future of Ecuadorian indigenous communities in the twenty-first century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An intelligent and welcome book.\"--\u003ci\u003eAnthropology Review Database\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An important addition to the literature on Andean ethnography and the anthropology of ritual.\"--\u003ci\u003eLatin American Music Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRitual Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e offers a richly textured reading of core Otavalan ritual performances and the cosmological discourse that sustains them.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Folklore Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When I first witnessed the powerful images, music, and hypnotic rhythms of the Otavalos' \u003ci\u003eInti Raymi\u003c\/i\u003e dances, I yearned for an ethnographer's deep analysis. Michelle Wibbelsman's eloquent ethnography has set a new standard for the study of ritual in the Andes.\"--Robert E. Rhoades, author of \u003ci\u003eDevelopment with Identity, Community, Culture and Sustainability in the Andes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An engaging study of diverse rituals that take place in indigenous communities in the northwestern highland region of Ecuador. Although previous ethnographic work conducted in the Otavalo area has examined ritual performances, none other focuses exclusively on ritual expression beyond a single community. Wibbelsman's work fills this gap in northern Andean ethnographic work.\"--Kathleen S. Fine-Dare, author of \u003ci\u003eGrave Injustice: The American Indian Repatriation Movement and NAGPRA\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400482857303,"sku":"9780252076039","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252076039.jpg?v=1730470798","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ritual-encounters-9780252076039","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}