How Long to Read Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes

How Long Does it Take to Read Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 6 minutes to read Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes by Rachel Corr

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Not every world culture that has battled colonization has suffered or died. In the Ecuadorian Andean parish of Salasaca, the indigenous culture has stayed true to itself and its surroundings for centuries while adapting to each new situation. Today, indigenous Salascans continue to devote a large part of their lives to their distinctive practicesÑboth community rituals and individual behaviorsÑwhile living side by side with white-mestizo culture. In this book Rachel Corr provides a knowledgeable account of the Salasacan religion and rituals and their respective histories. Based on eighteen years of fieldwork in Salasaca, as well as extensive research in Church archivesÑincluding never-before-published documentsÑCorrÕs book illuminates how Salasacan culture adapted to Catholic traditions and recentered, reinterpreted, and even reshaped them to serve similarly motivated Salasacan practices, demonstrating the link between formal and folk Catholicism and pre-Columbian beliefs and practices. Corr also explores the intense connection between the local Salasacan rituals and the mountain landscapes around them, from peak to valley. Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes is, in its portrayal of Salasacan religious culture, both thorough and all-encompassing. Sections of the book cover everything from the performance of death rituals to stories about Amazonia as Salasacans interacted with outsidersÑconquistadors and camera-toting tourists alike. Corr also investigates the role of shamanism in modern Salasacan culture, including shamanic powers and mountain spirits, and the use of reshaped, Andeanized Catholicism to sustain collective memory. Through its unique insiderÕs perspective of Salasacan spirituality, Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes is a valuable anthropological work that honestly represents this peopleÕs great ability to adapt.

How long is Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes?

Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes by Rachel Corr is 184 pages long, and a total of 46,736 words.

This makes it 62% the length of the average book. It also has 57% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 15 minutes to read Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes aloud.

What Reading Level is Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes?

Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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