Marcia Stephenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3694589 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcia Stephenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcia |
| FAMILY NAME | Stephenson |
| SIGNATURE | STEPHENSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hybridity and the Domestication of Wildness
On August 29, 1846, Peruvian president Ramón Castilla issued a decree honoring Juan Pablo Cabrera, an interim priest from the Macusani district of Puno. The decree recognized the priest's long-standing endeavor to cross the wild vicuña with the domesticated alpaca. The exquisite quality of the fiber and the tractable nature of this new hybrid animal gave rise to the hope that it might become a valuable resource, and therefore Peru was indebted to…
From Marvelous Antidote to the Poison of Idolatry
Introducing intertwined themes of profit, the hunt for treasure, and the excavation of camelid bodies; and drawing from the analysis of Renaissance medical books, bilingual Aymara-Spanish and Quechua-Spanish dictionaries, inquisition records, and inventories of curiosity cabinets, this essay considers how Peruvian bezoar stones acquired transatlantic importance following their discovery in 1568 by a Spanish soldier. In spite of its less-than-glam…
Experiencing Nature
Reviewed by: Experiencing Nature: The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution Marcia Stephenson (bio) Experiencing Nature: The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution. By Antonio Barrera-Osorio . Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006. Pp. xi+211. $45. Experiencing Nature is a significant contribution to recent scholarship on the history of science and technology during the early period of transatlantic im…
Forging an Indigenous Counterpublic Sphere
This essay analyzes the impact of an indigenous counterpublic sphere in contemporary Bolivia, arguing that it functions as an arena of differential consciousness for Aymara intellectuals and activists. In examining the work carried out by the Aymara nongovernmental organization known as the Taller de Historia Oral Andina (THOA), the essay highlights this sphere's importance as both a discursive and territorial arena where agency is expressed in t…
Llamas, Weavings, and Organic Chocolate
The Architectural Relationship between Gender, Race, and the Bolivian State
Gender and Modernity in Andean Bolivia
Reinterpreting the Spanish American Essay
Hacia un análisis de la relación arquitectnónica entre género femenino y la raza en Bolivia
Hacia un análisis de la relación arquitectnónica entre género femenino y la raza en Bolivia
Faldas y Polleras
Lesbian Trajectories in Sylvia Molloy's En breve carcel
MLN - Volume 112, Number 2, March 1997 (Hispanic Issue)
Conchalí
From Marvelous Antidote to the Poison of Idolatry
Introducing intertwined themes of profit, the hunt for treasure, and the excavation of camelid bodies; and drawing from the analysis of Renaissance medical books, bilingual Aymara-Spanish and Quechua-Spanish dictionaries, inquisition records, and inventories of curiosity cabinets, this essay considers how Peruvian bezoar stones acquired transatlantic importance following their discovery in 1568 by a Spanish soldier. In spite of its less-than-glam…
Hybridity and the Domestication of Wildness
On August 29, 1846, Peruvian president Ramón Castilla issued a decree honoring Juan Pablo Cabrera, an interim priest from the Macusani district of Puno. The decree recognized the priest's long-standing endeavor to cross the wild vicuña with the domesticated alpaca. The exquisite quality of the fiber and the tractable nature of this new hybrid animal gave rise to the hope that it might become a valuable resource, and therefore Peru was indebted to…
Conchalí
Faldas y Polleras
Lesbian Trajectories in Sylvia Molloy's En breve carcel
MLN - Volume 112, Number 2, March 1997 (Hispanic Issue)
Hacia un análisis de la relación arquitectnónica entre género femenino y la raza en Bolivia
Hacia un análisis de la relación arquitectnónica entre género femenino y la raza en Bolivia
Reinterpreting the Spanish American Essay
Gender and Modernity in Andean Bolivia
The Architectural Relationship between Gender, Race, and the Bolivian State
Forging an Indigenous Counterpublic Sphere
This essay analyzes the impact of an indigenous counterpublic sphere in contemporary Bolivia, arguing that it functions as an arena of differential consciousness for Aymara intellectuals and activists. In examining the work carried out by the Aymara nongovernmental organization known as the Taller de Historia Oral Andina (THOA), the essay highlights this sphere's importance as both a discursive and territorial arena where agency is expressed in t…
Llamas, Weavings, and Organic Chocolate
Experiencing Nature
Reviewed by: Experiencing Nature: The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution Marcia Stephenson (bio) Experiencing Nature: The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution. By Antonio Barrera-Osorio . Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006. Pp. xi+211. $45. Experiencing Nature is a significant contribution to recent scholarship on the history of science and technology during the early period of transatlantic im…
From Marvelous Antidote to the Poison of Idolatry
Introducing intertwined themes of profit, the hunt for treasure, and the excavation of camelid bodies; and drawing from the analysis of Renaissance medical books, bilingual Aymara-Spanish and Quechua-Spanish dictionaries, inquisition records, and inventories of curiosity cabinets, this essay considers how Peruvian bezoar stones acquired transatlantic importance following their discovery in 1568 by a Spanish soldier. In spite of its less-than-glam…
Hybridity and the Domestication of Wildness
On August 29, 1846, Peruvian president Ramón Castilla issued a decree honoring Juan Pablo Cabrera, an interim priest from the Macusani district of Puno. The decree recognized the priest's long-standing endeavor to cross the wild vicuña with the domesticated alpaca. The exquisite quality of the fiber and the tractable nature of this new hybrid animal gave rise to the hope that it might become a valuable resource, and therefore Peru was indebted to…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works)