Performing Kinship: Narrative, Gender, and the Intimacies of Power in the AndesIn the highland region of Sullk'ata, located in the rural Bolivian Andes, habitual activities such as sharing food, work, and stories create a sense of relatedness among people. Through these day-to-day interactions—as well as more unusual events—individuals negotiate the affective bonds and hierarchies of their relationships. In Performing Kinship, Krista E. Van Vleet reveals the ways in which relatedness is evoked, performed, and recast among the women of Sullk'ata. Portraying relationships of camaraderie and conflict, Van Vleet argues that narrative illuminates power relationships, which structure differences among women as well as between women and men. She also contends that in the Andes gender cannot be understood without attention to kinship. Stories such as that of the young woman who migrates to the city to do domestic work and later returns to the highlands voicing a deep ambivalence about the traditional authority of her in-laws provide enlightening examples of the ways in which storytelling enables residents of Sullk'ata to make sense of events and link themselves to one another in a variety of relationships. A vibrant ethnography, Performing Kinship offers a rare glimpse into an compelling world. |
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... Relatedness 55 Narrating Sorrow , Performing Relatedness A Story Told in Conversation 79 FIVE SIX Storied Silences CONTENTS Adolescent Desires , Gendered Agency , and the Practice of Stealing Women Reframing the Married Couple 99 THIS ...
... relatedness more meaningful to me. Lyle and marian Van Vleet, my parents, deserve a very special thank-you for raising me and for teaching me how to build foundations under my dreams. Although i cannot name them individually, i have ...
... spanish: /d/ like the d in “dog,” /f/ like the f in “fun,” /g/ like the g in “great,” and /v/ like the v in “vet.” Introduction Relative Intimacies , Storied Lives ONE Relatedness in Sullk'ata xiv Performing KinshiP.
... Relatedness in Sullk'ata PEOPLE WHO LIVE in the rural Andean highlands of Sullk'ata , Bolivia , establish " relatedness ” —that is , bonds of belonging and affiliation — through their inter- actions with each other . They create and ...
... relatedness through a double focus. An ethnographically grounded discussion of the intimacies and hierarchies of kinship and gender among Que- chua speakers who live in the rural region of sullk'ata, Bolivia, is the heart of the book ...
Contents
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Circulation of Care A Primer on Sullkata Relatedness | 55 |
Narrating Sorrow Performing Relatedness A Story Told in Conversation | 79 |
Storied Silences Adolescent Desires Gendered Agency and the Practice of Stealing Women | 99 |
Reframing the Married Couple Affect and Exchange in Three Parts | 129 |
Now My Daughter Is Alone Violence and the Ambiguities of Affinity | 161 |
Conclusion Reflections on the Dialogical Production of Relatedness | 183 |
Chapter 5 Narrative Transcriptions in Quechua and in English | 197 |
Chapter 6 Interview Transcriptions in Quechua | 205 |
Notes | 209 |
Glossary | 225 |
Bibliography | 229 |
Index | 257 |