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- catalog abstract ""The 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. As 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." "Edmundo 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." "Although 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." "A 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b8241557.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""The 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. As 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." "Edmundo 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." "Although 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." "A 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "From household animal to market commodity -- The cuy as food and symbolic social binder -- The cuy in Andean medicine -- The cuy in Andean ideology, religion, and belief -- The future of the cuy economy.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-170) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxvii, 177 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Guinea pig.".
- catalog identifier "0816514798 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0816515581 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Guinea pig.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Tucson : University of Arizona Press,".
- catalog relation "Guinea pig.".
- catalog spatial "Andes Region".
- catalog spatial "Andes Region.".
- catalog subject "338.1/7693234 20".
- catalog subject "F2230.1.D65 M67 1995".
- catalog subject "Guinea pigs Andes Region History.".
- catalog subject "Guinea pigs Social aspects Andes Region.".
- catalog subject "Indians of South America Andes Region Economic conditions.".
- catalog subject "Indians of South America Domestic animals Andes Region.".
- catalog subject "Indians of South America Food Andes Region.".
- catalog tableOfContents "From household animal to market commodity -- The cuy as food and symbolic social binder -- The cuy in Andean medicine -- The cuy in Andean ideology, religion, and belief -- The future of the cuy economy.".
- catalog title "The guinea pig : healing, food, and ritual in the Andes / Edmundo Morales.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".