This compelling memoir by the author of Cañar: A Year in the Highlands of Ecuador vividly describes an American couple¿s experience of making a second home in a rural Andean community in which they are the only outsiders.
This compelling memoir by the author of Cañar: A Year in the Highlands of Ecuador vividly describes an American couple¿s experience of making a second home in a rural Andean community in which they are the only outsiders.
Judy Blankenship is an award-winning photographer, writer, and editor. She is the author of Cañar: A Year in the Highlands of Ecuador, and her photographic exhibition, The Cañari of Southern Ecuador, traveled to museums, universities, and cultural venues across the United States, Canada, and Ecuador. With Cañari colleagues, Blankenship has collaborated on several documentary projects with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, including photographs, videos, audio recordings, and a bilingual Quichua-Spanish book.
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1. "where we are" by Gerald Locklin 2. Introduction 3. Part 1 * 1. Planting a Tree for Plinio * 2. On Becoming Property Owners in Ecuador * 3. How Much Will All This Cost? * 4. Construction Begins, Poco a Poco * 5. "You're Going to Live Here?" * 6. The Lives of the Workers * 7. Carnival: Sins and Repentance, Abundance and Reciprocity * 8. Sticks and Stones, Mud and Horse Manure * 9. We Become Padrinos . . . Again * 10. Strike! * 11. Putting Out Fires * 12. Personae non Gratae in Ecuador:(or) Why We Went to Peru Last Week * 13. On Becoming Residents of a Foreign Country: (or) "Just Go Get Married Again!" * 14. Leaving Cañar 4. Part 2 * 15. The Return * 16. On This Day a Year Ago * 17. Reality Sets In * 18. The Devil Is in the Details * 19. A Short History of This Place * 20. Moving Day * 21. The Wasipichana * 22. The Mysteries of the New House and a Mother's Visit * 23. Mama Michi, Curandera * 24. Coming Home to Cañar * 25. Neighbors and Fences * 26. La Uyanza: A Gift of Sustenance * 27. Life in Town * 28. Living in Two Worlds * 29. Epilogue: What on Earth Are We Doing Here? 5. Acknowledgments
1. "where we are" by Gerald Locklin 2. Introduction 3. Part 1 * 1. Planting a Tree for Plinio * 2. On Becoming Property Owners in Ecuador * 3. How Much Will All This Cost? * 4. Construction Begins, Poco a Poco * 5. "You're Going to Live Here?" * 6. The Lives of the Workers * 7. Carnival: Sins and Repentance, Abundance and Reciprocity * 8. Sticks and Stones, Mud and Horse Manure * 9. We Become Padrinos . . . Again * 10. Strike! * 11. Putting Out Fires * 12. Personae non Gratae in Ecuador:(or) Why We Went to Peru Last Week * 13. On Becoming Residents of a Foreign Country: (or) "Just Go Get Married Again!" * 14. Leaving Cañar 4. Part 2 * 15. The Return * 16. On This Day a Year Ago * 17. Reality Sets In * 18. The Devil Is in the Details * 19. A Short History of This Place * 20. Moving Day * 21. The Wasipichana * 22. The Mysteries of the New House and a Mother's Visit * 23. Mama Michi, Curandera * 24. Coming Home to Cañar * 25. Neighbors and Fences * 26. La Uyanza: A Gift of Sustenance * 27. Life in Town * 28. Living in Two Worlds * 29. Epilogue: What on Earth Are We Doing Here? 5. Acknowledgments
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