“Chicherias, the popular bars also run by mestizas, represented another source of concern. They were required to have a nearby source of running water and, to safeguard morality, chicherfas located in decent neighborhoods had to operate in inside patios. This would spare honest neighbors from witnessing scandalous scenes. Establishments that did not fulfill the sanitary […]
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Still catching up on me blogs argggh (thats my pirate voice), The quote from Indigenous Mestizos I would like to focus on for this blog is “Last but not least, Arguedas was particularly worried about the female vendors’ appearance and their vestido de castilla, the typical mestiza dress, made of hand-woven wool. As the ‘favorite nesting material for bugs and filth [inmundicias] of all sorts, and as a permanent carrier of bacteria’ it should be covered by white, body-length aprons. The white fabric would facilitate the supervision of mestiza cleanliness.”…read more
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Hi team. I had hella food poisoning when this blog post was due. But Jon told me “better late than never” so here is my post about Mariategui’s Seven Interpretive Essay’s. To be honest, I’m grateful to have been able to sit with Mariategui’s text a little longer before writing this blog post. One of […]
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When we were discussing Andean Lives together as a class, I remember someone, can’t remember who, saying that the people who’s lives are detailed in andean lives had essentially adopted a stoic philosophy. I found this to be a fascinating take, I was thinking a similar thing when I was initially reading the text but as I have thought about it more, I feel that this is not quite accurate. The logic behind this person making this argument was essentially that, despite the miserable experiences these individuals had to endure,…read more
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really unkmaking indigeneity here
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