The Lettered Mountain: A Peruvian Village's Way with Writing

by Frank Salomon and Mercedes Niño-murcia

Andean peoples joined the world of alphabetic literacy nearly 500 years ago, yet the history of their literacy has remained hidden until now. In The Lettered Mountain , Frank Salomon and Mercedes Niño-Murcia expand notions of literacy and challenge stereotypes of Andean "orality" by analyzing the writings of mountain villagers from Inka times to the Internet era. Their historical ethnography is based on extensive research in the village of Tupicocha,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822350440
• ISBN13: 9780822350446
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"