Forms of memory in Andean queros

Authors

  • Alfredo Cordiviola Universidade Federal do Pernambuco (UFPE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-9651.v0i14p388-411

Keywords:

queros, memory, colonial times

Abstract

In colonial times, queros were used to drink chicha and to formalize pacts in ritual ceremonies by the indigenous Andean elites. They had been manufactured for centuries, long before the Incas dominated the region, and continued to be made after Spanish domination and compulsory evangelization had been established. During the Inca empire, the surface of the queros was covered just with incisions and geometric forms; in the viceroyalty of Peru they were covered instead with figurative images. In this work we analyze the evolution of these forms and the different ways in which these ceremonial vessels were used to evoke the Andean pasts.

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Author Biography

  • Alfredo Cordiviola, Universidade Federal do Pernambuco (UFPE)

    Professor titular do Departamento de Letras da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) e pesquisador 1D do CNPq. Doutor em Estudos Hispânicos e Latino-Americanos pela University of Nottingham, Reino Unido (1998). Seus últimos livros publicados foram O império dos antagonismos. Escrita e imagem no ocaso da dominação espanhola (2010) e Espectros da geografia colonial. Uma topologia da ocidentalização da América (2014).

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Published

2017-12-21

How to Cite

CORDIVIOLA, Alfredo. Forms of memory in Andean queros. Caracol, São Paulo, Brasil, n. 14, p. 388–411, 2017. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2317-9651.v0i14p388-411. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/caracol/article/view/125098.. Acesso em: 31 oct. 2024.