{"product_id":"the-power-of-huacas-claudia-brosseder-9780292756946","title":"The Power of Huacas: Change and Resistance in the Andean World of Colonial Peru","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on extensive archival research, The Power of Huacas is the first book to take account of the reciprocal effects of religious colonization as they impacted Andean populations and, simultaneously, dramatically changed the culture and beliefs of Spanish Christians.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the category of Historical Studies, American Academy of Religion, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe role of the religious specialist in Andean cultures of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries was a complicated one, balanced between local traditions and the culture of the Spanish. In \u003ci\u003eThe Power of\u003c\/i\u003e Huacas, Claudia Brosseder reconstructs the dynamic interaction between religious specialists and the colonial world that unfolded around them, considering how the discourse about religion shifted on both sides of the Spanish and Andean relationship in complex and unexpected ways. In \u003ci\u003eThe Power of\u003c\/i\u003e Huacas, Brosseder examines evidence of transcultural exchange through religious history, anthropology, and cultural studies. Taking Andean religious specialists--or \u003ci\u003ehechizeros\u003c\/i\u003e (sorcerers) in colonial Spanish terminology--as a starting point, she considers the different ways in which Andeans and Spaniards thought about key cultural and religious concepts. Unlike previous studies, this important book fully outlines both sides of the colonial relationship; Brosseder uses extensive archival research in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Spain, Italy, and the United States, as well as careful analysis of archaeological and art historical objects, to present the Andean religious worldview of the period on equal footing with that of the Spanish. Throughout the colonial period, she argues, Andean religious specialists retained their own unique logic, which encompassed specific ideas about holiness, nature, sickness, and social harmony. \u003ci\u003eThe Power of\u003c\/i\u003e Huacas deepens our understanding of the complexities of assimilation, showing that, within the maelstrom of transcultural exchange in the Spanish Americas, European paradigms ultimately changed more than Andean ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claudia Brosseder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292756941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292756946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2015 pg. 1039","brand":"Claudia Brosseder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086466035967,"sku":"9780292756946","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36c77228-4541-4154-a007-9b0e2cf08854.jpg?v=1769094826","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-power-of-huacas-claudia-brosseder-9780292756946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}