Publication:

Yachay: The Tragedia del fin de Atahuallpa as Evidence of the Colonisation of Knowledge in the Andes (2002)

Author(s): Howard R

  • : 'Yachay'

Abstract: The chapter analyses a published version of a Quechua drama depicting the Spanish conquest of the Incas, widely performed in Bolivia and Peru, as evidence of the colonisation of historical knowledge in the Andes. The text is shown to be a transculturated depiction of historical events, whereby the indigenous version is subsumed within a mestizo view. Issues around authorship and 'authenticity' of the play are brought to bear, as is an analysis of the Quechua vocabulary for talking about 'knowing' and 'learning' contained in the text.

  • Short Title: 'Yachay'
  • Book Title: Knowledge and Learning in the Andes: Ethnographic Perspectives
  • Pages: 17-39
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press
  • Publication type: Book chapter
  • Bibliographic status: Published

Keywords: Andean ethnography; Quechua; indigenous knowledge; ideological colonisation

Staff

Professor Rosaleen Howard
Chair of Hispanic Studies