Arnold, Denise Y., <br/><br/>
The metamorphosis of heads :  textual struggles, education, and land in the Andes / 
Denise Y. Arnold with Juan de Dios Yapita. 
 - 1 online resource (345 pages) :  illustrations, map. 
 - Illuminations .
 - Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.) .
<br/><br/> Translation of: El rincon de las cabezas. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-322) and index. 
<br/><br/>Andean textual polity -- Colonizing texts and the struggle over meanings -- Lands, seeds, and letters : the cycles of production and reproduction -- Cycles of metamorphosis : the children as enemies -- Warriors and weavers : the pathways of learning in the community -- The cycles of libations in school rituals -- Cycles of memory : the Inka's voice -- Cycles of sound : prayers and the "rain of letters" -- The corporeality of Kipus : toward a mathematics incarnate -- Kipu, number, and writing -- Textual logic in the Andes -- Toward an Andean textual theory. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822971023 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indians of South America--Education--Bolivia.<br/>Aymara Indians--Education.<br/>Indians of South America--Languages--Writing.--Andes Region<br/>Quipu.<br/>Inca textile fabrics.<br/>Indian literature--Criticism, Textual.<br/>Transmission of texts--Andes Region.<br/>Literacy--Bolivia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548.<br/>Spain--Colonies--Administration.--America
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F3320.1.E4  / A7513 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.2/24408998324