In Praise of the Ancestors is a revisionist interpretation of early colonial accounts and sources that reveal incongruities in accepted knowledge among the Indigenous peoples of sub-Saharan Africa, the North American Great Lakes regions, and the Andes. Ã
In Praise of the Ancestors is a revisionist interpretation of early colonial accounts and sources that reveal incongruities in accepted knowledge among the Indigenous peoples of sub-Saharan Africa, the North American Great Lakes regions, and the Andes. Ã
Susan Elizabeth Ramírez is the Neville G. Penrose Chair of History and Latin American Studies at Texas Christian University. She is the author of several books, including To Feed and Be Fed: The Cosmological Bases of Authority and Identity in the Andes and A History of Colonial Latin America from First Encounters to Independence.
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List of Illustrations List of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Alternative Ways of Remembering and Knowing 2. “Positional Inheritance” in Africa 3. The Narration of Ho-De’-No-Sau-Nee (Iroquois) History 4. The Making of Andean Ancestral Traditions 5. Reflections on Oral Traditions as History Appendix: The Accomplishments of the Pachacuti(s) according to Betanzos and Montesinos Notes References Index
List of Illustrations List of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Alternative Ways of Remembering and Knowing 2. “Positional Inheritance” in Africa 3. The Narration of Ho-De’-No-Sau-Nee (Iroquois) History 4. The Making of Andean Ancestral Traditions 5. Reflections on Oral Traditions as History Appendix: The Accomplishments of the Pachacuti(s) according to Betanzos and Montesinos Notes References Index
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