{"product_id":"gods-and-vampires-nathan-wachtel-9780226867649","title":"Gods and Vampires: Return to Chipaya","description":"When Nathan Wachtel, the distinguished historical anthropologist, returned to the village of Chipaya, the site of his extensive fieldwork in the Bolivian Andes, he learned a group of Uru Indians was being incarcerated and tortured for no apparent reason. Even more strangely, no one--not even his closest informant and friend--would speak about it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWachtel discovered that a series of recent deaths and misfortunes in Chipaya had been attributed to the evil powers of the Urus, a group usually regarded with suspicion by the other ethnic groups. Those incarcerated were believed to be the chief sorcerers and vampires whose paganistic practices had brought death to Chipaya by upsetting the social order. Wachtel's investigation, told in \u003ci\u003eGods and Vampires: Back to Chipaya\u003c\/i\u003e, reveals much about relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups and confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropology. His analysis shows that the Urus had become victims of the same set of ideals the Spanish had used, centuries before, to establish their hegemony in the region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresented as a personal detective story, \u003ci\u003eGods and Vampires\u003c\/i\u003e is Wachtel's latest work in a series studying the ongoing impact of the Spanish conquest on the Andean consciousness and social system. Its insight into Bolivian society and the legacy of hegemony confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropologyand will be of great interest to scholars of anthropology, Latin American studies, and Native American studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathan Wachtel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226867641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226867649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.51w x 0.54d","brand":"Nathan Wachtel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119459660031,"sku":"9780226867649","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc6c09bb-8946-4265-8598-40f8b75556b8.jpg?v=1687409473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gods-and-vampires-nathan-wachtel-9780226867649","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}