Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Tables xv
5. Preface xvii
6. Introduction Peru and the Ethnography of Writing 1
7. One An Andean Community Writes Itself 31
8. Two From Khipu to Narrative 71
9. Three A Tale of Two Lettered Cities: Schooling from Ayllu to State 125
10. Four ‘‘Papelito Manda’’: The Power of Writing 153
11. Five Power over Writing: Academy and Ayllu 183
12. Six Writing and the Rehearsal of the Past 221
13. Seven Village and Diaspora as Deterritorialized Library 261
14. Conclusions 285
15. Appendix Examples of Document Genres 297
16. Notes 301
17. References 311
18. Index 351