Catherine J Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 86351 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine J Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine J |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN C J |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 353 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Composing in Parallel: Translating Quechua Narratives
At the Mountains' Altar: Anthropology of Religion in an Andean Community by Frank Salomon
Reviewed by: At the Mountains' Altar: Anthropology of Religion in an Andean Community by Frank Salomon Catherine J. Allen Frank Salomon, At the Mountains' Altar: Anthropology of Religion in an Andean Community. London: Routledge, 2017. 252 pp. At the Mountains' Altar: Anthropology of Religion in an Andean Community, the latest addition to Frank Salomon's distinguished oeuvre, continues a trajectory beginning in the 1970s with ethnohistorical rese…
Pensamientos de una etnógrafa acerca de la interpretación en la arqueología andina: Comentado por Bill Sillar y Marisa Lazzari
En este ensayo se busca ofrecer una perspectiva etnográfica del entendimiento andino de la materialidad en el contexto de la interpretación arqueológica. Se referirá específicamente a algunas de las formas en que la etnografía puede ser de ayuda para el pensamiento arqueológico. En la actualidad, el denominado “giro ontológico” de la antropología desafía a los arqueólogos a comprometerse seriamente con realidades alternativas que cuestionan los t…
Dwelling in equivocation
Comment on de la Cadena, Marisol. 2015. Earth beings: Ecologies of practice across Andean worlds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press
Connections and disconnections: A response to Marisol de la Cadena
Comment on de la Cadena, Marisol. 2015. Earth beings: Ecologies of practice across Andean worlds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press
Stones Who Love Me: Dimensionality, Enclosure and Petrification in Andean Culture
In Quechua- and Aymara-speaking communities of the high Andes, certain small stone objects contain the well-being of their human owners. Described as "living ones" and "loving ones," they are thought to be gifts bestowed by powerful places that control the vitality and reproduction of herd animals. These objects originate in times of cosmic readjustment and transition. In these moments a fortunate individual may come across a beautiful animal tha…
The Living Ones: Miniatures and Animation in the Andes
In highland Andean communities, certain miniatures inspire complex emotions that go beyond the aesthetic. I have previously examined "pebble play" during pilgrimages, in which devotees make requests of a mountain/saint by building miniature stone house compounds. Here, I explore other types of miniature, in particular tiny stone camelids (inqaychus) considered as gifts from powerful places that invigorate the herds. Guided by Quechua terminology,…
Puntos de encuentro: Peregrinación y sociedad quechua actual. Comentarios introductorios
El texto es un peregrinaje mental al Señor de Qoyllurit'i y una presentación de los cuatro trabajos sobre el festival que fueron presentados en el encuentro de Latin American Studies Association (LASA) 2009, y que Anthropologica publica en esta sección. Destaca la riqueza de las contribuciones en tanto brindan información, ideas e interpretaciones novedosas, así como la intensidad de la experiencia del festival que ellas evocan
The Hold Life Has
Knot-Words or Not Words
Frank Salomon, The Cord Keepers: Khipus and Cultural Life in a Peruvian Village. Duke University Press, 2004, 331 pp. The Khipu Enigma I felt a pang the other day when I read about multi-spectral imaging techniques that are recovering inscriptions on papyrus fragments over two thousand years old. Rescued from an ancient trash heap south of Cairo, this collection of 400,000 bits of trash has sat in Oxford for over a century, painstakingly curated,…
Handbook of Inca Mythology
The first introduction to the Incas and their myths aimed at students and general readers, bringing together a wealth of information into one convenient resource. Full of hard to find information,Handbook of Inca Mythologyprovides an accessible introduction to the rites, beliefs, and spiritual tales of the Incas. It provides a concise overview of Incan civilization and mythology, a chronology of mythic and historical events, and an A–Z inventory …
The Incas Have Gone inside: Pattern and Persistence in Andean Iconography
When Utensils Revolt: Mind, Matter, and Modes of Being in the Pre-Columbian Andes
How can we know the teller from the tale? Two books on verbal art in Africa
Tonkin, Elizabeth. Narrating Our Pasts: The Social Construction of Oral History. Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture 22. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. xiv + 171 pp. including notes, bibliography, and indices. $59.95 cloth. Okpewho, Isidore. African Oral Literature: Backgrounds, Character, and Continuity. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992. xiii + 392 pp. including notes, bibliography, and index. $45.00 cloth, $1…
Condor Oalay: Anthropology in Performance
The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community
Loss and the Academic Lizard
Old Griefs
The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community
The hold life has: Coca and cultural identity in an Andean community
Social/Cultural Anthropology: Nahuat Myth and Social Structure. James M. Taggart
Women of the Andes: Patriarchy and Social Change in Two Peruvian Towns . Susan C. Bourque and Kay Barbara Warren
To be Quechua: The symbolism of coca chewing in highland Peru
Coca chewing plays a crucial role in maintaining basic cultural principles in the minds of individuals living in a Quechua-speaking community in southern Peru (Province of Paucartambo, Department of Cuzco). This paper explores the ceremonial uses of the coca leaf, focusing particularly on the etiquette for hallpay (coca chewing) during the daily routine. The hallpay ceremony involves reciprocal sharing of coca leaves among two or more individuals…
The hold life has: Coca and cultural identity in an Andean community
The Living Ones: Miniatures and Animation in the Andes
In highland Andean communities, certain miniatures inspire complex emotions that go beyond the aesthetic. I have previously examined "pebble play" during pilgrimages, in which devotees make requests of a mountain/saint by building miniature stone house compounds. Here, I explore other types of miniature, in particular tiny stone camelids (inqaychus) considered as gifts from powerful places that invigorate the herds. Guided by Quechua terminology,…
When Utensils Revolt: Mind, Matter, and Modes of Being in the Pre-Columbian Andes
To be Quechua: The symbolism of coca chewing in highland Peru
Coca chewing plays a crucial role in maintaining basic cultural principles in the minds of individuals living in a Quechua-speaking community in southern Peru (Province of Paucartambo, Department of Cuzco). This paper explores the ceremonial uses of the coca leaf, focusing particularly on the etiquette for hallpay (coca chewing) during the daily routine. The hallpay ceremony involves reciprocal sharing of coca leaves among two or more individuals…
Handbook of Inca Mythology
The first introduction to the Incas and their myths aimed at students and general readers, bringing together a wealth of information into one convenient resource. Full of hard to find information,Handbook of Inca Mythologyprovides an accessible introduction to the rites, beliefs, and spiritual tales of the Incas. It provides a concise overview of Incan civilization and mythology, a chronology of mythic and historical events, and an A–Z inventory …
Stones Who Love Me: Dimensionality, Enclosure and Petrification in Andean Culture
In Quechua- and Aymara-speaking communities of the high Andes, certain small stone objects contain the well-being of their human owners. Described as "living ones" and "loving ones," they are thought to be gifts bestowed by powerful places that control the vitality and reproduction of herd animals. These objects originate in times of cosmic readjustment and transition. In these moments a fortunate individual may come across a beautiful animal tha…
The Incas Have Gone inside: Pattern and Persistence in Andean Iconography
The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community
Dwelling in equivocation
Comment on de la Cadena, Marisol. 2015. Earth beings: Ecologies of practice across Andean worlds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press
Condor Oalay: Anthropology in Performance
Connections and disconnections: A response to Marisol de la Cadena
Comment on de la Cadena, Marisol. 2015. Earth beings: Ecologies of practice across Andean worlds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press
Knot-Words or Not Words
Frank Salomon, The Cord Keepers: Khipus and Cultural Life in a Peruvian Village. Duke University Press, 2004, 331 pp. The Khipu Enigma I felt a pang the other day when I read about multi-spectral imaging techniques that are recovering inscriptions on papyrus fragments over two thousand years old. Rescued from an ancient trash heap south of Cairo, this collection of 400,000 bits of trash has sat in Oxford for over a century, painstakingly curated,…
To be Quechua: The symbolism of coca chewing in highland Peru
Coca chewing plays a crucial role in maintaining basic cultural principles in the minds of individuals living in a Quechua-speaking community in southern Peru (Province of Paucartambo, Department of Cuzco). This paper explores the ceremonial uses of the coca leaf, focusing particularly on the etiquette for hallpay (coca chewing) during the daily routine. The hallpay ceremony involves reciprocal sharing of coca leaves among two or more individuals…
Women of the Andes: Patriarchy and Social Change in Two Peruvian Towns . Susan C. Bourque and Kay Barbara Warren
Social/Cultural Anthropology: Nahuat Myth and Social Structure. James M. Taggart
The hold life has: Coca and cultural identity in an Andean community
The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community
The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community
Loss and the Academic Lizard
Old Griefs
Condor Oalay: Anthropology in Performance
How can we know the teller from the tale? Two books on verbal art in Africa
Tonkin, Elizabeth. Narrating Our Pasts: The Social Construction of Oral History. Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture 22. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. xiv + 171 pp. including notes, bibliography, and indices. $59.95 cloth. Okpewho, Isidore. African Oral Literature: Backgrounds, Character, and Continuity. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992. xiii + 392 pp. including notes, bibliography, and index. $45.00 cloth, $1…
When Utensils Revolt: Mind, Matter, and Modes of Being in the Pre-Columbian Andes
The Incas Have Gone inside: Pattern and Persistence in Andean Iconography
Handbook of Inca Mythology
The first introduction to the Incas and their myths aimed at students and general readers, bringing together a wealth of information into one convenient resource. Full of hard to find information,Handbook of Inca Mythologyprovides an accessible introduction to the rites, beliefs, and spiritual tales of the Incas. It provides a concise overview of Incan civilization and mythology, a chronology of mythic and historical events, and an A–Z inventory …
The Hold Life Has
Knot-Words or Not Words
Frank Salomon, The Cord Keepers: Khipus and Cultural Life in a Peruvian Village. Duke University Press, 2004, 331 pp. The Khipu Enigma I felt a pang the other day when I read about multi-spectral imaging techniques that are recovering inscriptions on papyrus fragments over two thousand years old. Rescued from an ancient trash heap south of Cairo, this collection of 400,000 bits of trash has sat in Oxford for over a century, painstakingly curated,…
Puntos de encuentro: Peregrinación y sociedad quechua actual. Comentarios introductorios
El texto es un peregrinaje mental al Señor de Qoyllurit'i y una presentación de los cuatro trabajos sobre el festival que fueron presentados en el encuentro de Latin American Studies Association (LASA) 2009, y que Anthropologica publica en esta sección. Destaca la riqueza de las contribuciones en tanto brindan información, ideas e interpretaciones novedosas, así como la intensidad de la experiencia del festival que ellas evocan
Stones Who Love Me: Dimensionality, Enclosure and Petrification in Andean Culture
In Quechua- and Aymara-speaking communities of the high Andes, certain small stone objects contain the well-being of their human owners. Described as "living ones" and "loving ones," they are thought to be gifts bestowed by powerful places that control the vitality and reproduction of herd animals. These objects originate in times of cosmic readjustment and transition. In these moments a fortunate individual may come across a beautiful animal tha…
The Living Ones: Miniatures and Animation in the Andes
In highland Andean communities, certain miniatures inspire complex emotions that go beyond the aesthetic. I have previously examined "pebble play" during pilgrimages, in which devotees make requests of a mountain/saint by building miniature stone house compounds. Here, I explore other types of miniature, in particular tiny stone camelids (inqaychus) considered as gifts from powerful places that invigorate the herds. Guided by Quechua terminology,…
Pensamientos de una etnógrafa acerca de la interpretación en la arqueología andina: Comentado por Bill Sillar y Marisa Lazzari
En este ensayo se busca ofrecer una perspectiva etnográfica del entendimiento andino de la materialidad en el contexto de la interpretación arqueológica. Se referirá específicamente a algunas de las formas en que la etnografía puede ser de ayuda para el pensamiento arqueológico. En la actualidad, el denominado “giro ontológico” de la antropología desafía a los arqueólogos a comprometerse seriamente con realidades alternativas que cuestionan los t…
Dwelling in equivocation
Comment on de la Cadena, Marisol. 2015. Earth beings: Ecologies of practice across Andean worlds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press
Connections and disconnections: A response to Marisol de la Cadena
Comment on de la Cadena, Marisol. 2015. Earth beings: Ecologies of practice across Andean worlds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press
At the Mountains' Altar: Anthropology of Religion in an Andean Community by Frank Salomon
Reviewed by: At the Mountains' Altar: Anthropology of Religion in an Andean Community by Frank Salomon Catherine J. Allen Frank Salomon, At the Mountains' Altar: Anthropology of Religion in an Andean Community. London: Routledge, 2017. 252 pp. At the Mountains' Altar: Anthropology of Religion in an Andean Community, the latest addition to Frank Salomon's distinguished oeuvre, continues a trajectory beginning in the 1970s with ethnohistorical rese…
Composing in Parallel: Translating Quechua Narratives
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