Killing what you love: An Andean cattle branding ritual and the dilemmas of modernity

Juan Javier Rivera Andía

Killing what you love: An Andean cattle branding ritual and the dilemmas of modernity

Juan Javier Rivera Andía

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Universidad de Lima

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Abstract

I analyze a livestock branding ritual in a group of villages near Lima as a cultural phenomenon whereby Andean villagers grapple with key ideological dilemmas of Peruvian modernity. Some ideological internal contradictions at issue involve ancient cosmology. However, more to the fore are conflicts felt by Andean villagers drawn to life in modern Lima. I examine ritual lyrics for their discourses on modernity. Analysis of these songs and the emotional world of the singers gives access to folk views of troubled migration journeys and problematic attempts to integrate into the national society. Copyright © by The University of New Mexico.

Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	129-156
Number of pages	28
Journal	Journal of Anthropological Research
Volume	61
State	Published - 1 Jan 2005
Externally published	Yes

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