Juan Ossio, Ethnography of the Andean culture. Lima: Fondo Editorial del Congreso del Perú. 2018. 514 p.

Authors

  • Alexander Huerta-Mercado Pontifical Catholic University of Peru image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.201802.008

Keywords:

andean, culture, ethnography, Juan Ossio

Abstract

The book brings together the works carried out by Juan Ossio over fifty years; developed from his field research, analysis of historical documents and personal testimonies. The author uses the ethnographic and historical method to identify and analyze the common characteristics that articulate different aspects of economic, political, traditional, ritual and kinship organization in the communities of the Andean territory under cultural characteristics that approach a matrix.

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Author Biography

  • Alexander Huerta-Mercado, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

    PhD in Anthropology from the New York University and Diploma in Culture and Media. Graduated in Anthropology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where he currently works as a professor. He directs "Sherezade Project" aimed at the production and dissemination of micro documentaries on the internet. He has published "Image that looks at us: Peruvian vedettes calling social meanings" (2012). "Paladins and Villains: Corporality, Identity, Laughter and Crying in Show Wrestling" (2015), "Murals in Movement, Analyzing Social Events as Performance" (2017). In addition, he is a columnist for the newspaper El Comercio.

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Published

2018-12-21

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 41 (2018): Activism: Anthropology for political task and epistemological practice

Section

Reviews

How to Cite

Juan Ossio, Ethnography of the Andean culture. Lima: Fondo Editorial del Congreso del Perú. 2018. 514 p. (2018). Anthropologica del Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, 36(41), 205-208. https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.201802.008