Peru: Public Representations Of Peru's Highland Quechua People: An Historical Survey

Peru: Public Representations Of Peru's Highland Quechua People: An Historical Survey Anna Sarolia, 2011   Peru's Quechua-speaking indigenous people have been portrayed by the dominant Spanish-speaking society in different ways throughout the five centuries since the Conquest, in response to contemporary social, political and literary trends. Nevertheless, they have always been perceived as ‘the other’ by mainstream society, and have rarely had a voice of their own. It may be, however, that...

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