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Religion in the Andes: Vision and Imagination in Early Colonial Peru

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Religion in the Andes: Vision and Imagination in Early Colonial Peru
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sabine MacCormack
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:516
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreTribal religions
ISBN/Barcode 9780691021065
ClassificationsDewey:985
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Edition Revised edition
Illustrations 2 Maps

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 6 June 1993
Publication Country United States

Description

This volume provides a salutary reminder that the 'New World' was not only encountered and conquered, but also explained, and explained in a way which revealed much about Europe. -Stephen Nugent

Author Biography

Sabine MacCormack is Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of History and Professor of Classics at the University of Michigan. She is author of Art and Ceremony in Late Antiquity (California).

Reviews

"Sabine MacCormack's approach is important because almost all of what we know about Inca and Andean religion comes from Christians who, logically, were writing about things they did not believe... This is a book that may force historians to reassess their documents from a more skeptical perspective, and a call for anthropologists to think twice before dismissing the historical records of their informants."--The New York Times Book Review "This volume provides a salutary reminder that the "New World' was not only encountered and conquered, but also explained, and explained in a way which revealed much about Europe."--Stephen Nugent, The Times Higher Education Supplement