Book
The human soul in the Aymara culture of Pumasara: an ethnographic study in the light of George Herbert Mead and Martin Buber
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1971 • Pages:
By: Cole, John Tafel.
Abstract
This study is concerned with dreams and funeral customs of the Aymara. Cole found that it was in these two situations that the Aymara concept of the soul is most clearly defined. In this dissertation, there are data on the meaning and social significance of dreams, death, funeral customs, and eschatology. Throughout these sections, Cole adds many line drawings and also sometimes records proxemic behavior. Since Cole wanted to understand the Aymara from their point of view, numerous passages of the informants' exact words in Spanish are given. This is a community study of Pumasara, Bolivia, and Cole states that the data should be regarded as applying only to this community since he found considerable variation outside of Pumasara. Even within Pumasara there are many differences between Catholics and Protestants.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Central Andes
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Barbara A. Yanchek ; Sigrid Khera
- Field Date
- 1957-1959
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Pumasara, Bolivia
- Notes
- John Tafel Cole
- UM 69-21,336
- Includes bibliography and index
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Pennsylvania, 1969
- LCSH
- Aymara Indians