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020 $a0816515581 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)31970310
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050 00 $aF2230.1.D65$bM67 1995
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100 1 $aMorales, Edmundo,$d1943-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88102291
245 14 $aThe guinea pig :$bhealing, food, and ritual in the Andes /$cEdmundo Morales.
260 $aTucson :$bUniversity of Arizona Press,$c[1995], ©1995.
263 $a9509
300 $axxvii, 177 pages :$billustrations ;$c27 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [161]-170) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tFrom Household Animal to Market Commodity --$g2.$tThe Cuy as Food and Symbolic Social Binder --$g3.$tThe Cuy in Andean Medicine --$g4.$tThe Cuy in Andean Ideology, Religion, and Belief --$g5.$tThe Future of the Cuy Economy --$tAppendix: Notes on Cross-Cultural Fieldwork.
520 $aThe guinea pig pervades nearly every aspect of Andean life. Traditionally important in folk medicine, native religion, and as a food source, guinea pig use continues to proliferate. Once a woman's domestic chore, raising guinea pigs is today a profitable commercial practice in Latin America. This once-sacred animal is now exploited as a source of cash income.
520 8 $aAs the drive to integrate indigenous peoples into the modern global market economy becomes a priority with Latin American governments, the implementation of new economic policies regulating guinea pig husbandry is aggressively changing traditions and values in the Andes.
520 8 $aEdmundo Morales traveled back to his homeland in the Andes to capture in words and pictures the changes and continuities in traditional uses of the guinea pig in his culture. Morales, a native speaker of Spanish and Quechua, easily ventured into many isolated communities and examined social customs centered upon the guinea pig.
520 8 $aAlthough the guinea pig lives in the Andean home as a domestic animal, it is also enjoyed as a culinary delicacy. Folk doctors employ the black guinea pig to determine the cause of illness - pressed against an ailing body, the animal reportedly squeals when it finds the source of disease. These are only some of the uses for the guinea pig in the Andean cultures of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
520 8 $aA study of cultural traditions and changes, The Guinea Pig: Healing, Food, and Ritual in the Andes will be useful for social scientists, humanists, and policymakers, as well as for general readers interested in this unique aspect of Andean culture. The book records the cultural traditions of an indigenous people while demonstrating how participation in the global market economy can alter a way of life.
650 0 $aIndians of South America$xDomestic animals$zAndes Region.
650 0 $aGuinea pigs$xSocial aspects$zAndes Region.
650 0 $aGuinea pigs$zAndes Region$xHistory.
650 0 $aIndians of South America$xFood$zAndes Region.
650 0 $aIndians of South America$zAndes Region$xEconomic conditions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009126860
852 00 $boff,leh$hF2230.1.D65$iM67 1995