Bode, Barbara. The bells of silence. Destruction and creation in the Andes. Lima: Fondo Editorial del Congreso del Perú, 2015, 521 pp.

Authors

  • Fabio Donayre Miranda Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

    Bachelor in Anthropology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. His subjects of interest are the anthropology of space, political ecology and the history of science. His most recent publications are his undergraduate thesis: "Politics of place in Morococha: the context of involuntary resettlement by the Toromocho mining project" (2016) and the article "Resale networks and corruption dynamics in the production of public shows" ( Anthropía, 2014) .

    Email: fdonayre@pucp.edu.pe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.201602.011

Keywords:

earthquake, disaster, militar government, international aid, andean culture, catholic church

Abstract

Reviews the book's argument highlighting the ways in which political, ecclesial and cultural circumstances shaped the interpretation that the population of Huaraz gave to the disaster unleashed by the 1970 earthquake in the Huaylas alley.

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Published

2016-12-15

How to Cite

Donayre Miranda, F. (2016). Bode, Barbara. The bells of silence. Destruction and creation in the Andes. Lima: Fondo Editorial del Congreso del Perú, 2015, 521 pp. Anthropologica Del Departamento De Ciencias Sociales, 34(37), 207–211. https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.201602.011