Performing Kinship: Narrative, Gender, and the Intimacies of Power in the Andes

by Krista E. Van Vleet

In the highland region of Sullk'ata, located in the rural Bolivian Andes, habitual activities such as sharing food, work, and stories create a sense of relatedness among people. Through these day-to-day interactions-as well as more unusual events-individuals negotiate the affective bonds and hierarchies of their relationships. In Performing Kinship, Krista E. Van Vleet reveals the ways in which relatedness is evoked, performed, and recast...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292717083
• ISBN13: 9780292717084
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"