The native leisure class : consumption and cultural creativity in the Andes /

The native leisure class : consumption and cultural creativity in the Andes /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Colloredo-Mansfeld, Rudolf Josef, 1965-
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1999.
Description:	xv, 259 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Imbabura -- Economic conditions. Quechua Indians -- Ecuador -- Imbabura -- Economic conditions. Economic history. Indians of South America -- Economic conditions. Quechua Indians -- Economic conditions. Imbabura (Ecuador) -- Economic conditions. Otavalo (Ecuador) -- Economic conditions. Ecuador -- Imbabura. Ecuador -- Otavalo.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4049447

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ISBN:	0226113949 (cl : alk. paper) 0226113957 (pa : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-245) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Preface
Prologue: Andean Livelihoods in a Global Economy
1. Affluence, Consumption, and Cultural Improvisation
2. Outsider's Wealth: Race and Advancement, 1930-94
3. "Useless Things": Subsistence Ethics and Native Identity
4. Otavalo's Transnational Archipelago
5. The Artisan as Consumer: Commercial Faja-Weaving
6. The Native Leisure Class
Epilogue: Consumption and Cultural Concentration in the Andes
References
Cited Index