Title Interwoven : Andean lives in colonial Ecuador's textile economy / Rachel Corr

Published Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (x, 219 pages .) Contents Introduction -- 1. From coca to caña: the rise of sugar and sheep in seventeenth century Pelileo -- 2. Africans and Andeans in Pelileo -- 3. Voices and silences in indigenous testimonies -- 4. Caciques and cacicas: gender and native governance -- 5. Pelileo in the time of the Jesuits -- 6. Ritual, rumor, and rebellion -- 7. Kin, inheritance, and land -- 8. Spanish reversals of fortune and Andean ethnogenesis -- 9. History and cultural identity -- Conclusion Summary In the 1600s, Marcos Cunamasi, an indigenous man in Pelileo, Ecuador, hid his child to protect him from officials who would put the boy to work in the textile mill. Cunamasi was forced to turn him over. Because his young son couldn't keep up with spinning his quota of wool per day, Cunamasi helped so the child wouldn't be whipped. After working a year, Cunamasi was paid a shirt and a hat. Interwoven is the untold story of indigenous people's historical experience in colonial Ecuador's textile economy. It focuses on the lives of Native Andean families in Pelileo, a town dominated by one of Quito's largest and longest-lasting textile mills. Quito's textile industry developed as a secondary market to supply cloth to mining centers in the Andes; thus, the experience of indigenous people in Pelileo is linked to the history of mining in Bolivia and Peru. Although much has been written about colonial Quito's textile economy, Rachel Corr provides a unique perspective by putting indigenous voices at the center of that history. Telling the stories of Andean families of Pelileo, she traces their varied responses to historical pressures over three hundred years; the responses range from everyday acts to the historical transformation of culture through ethnogenesis. These stories of ordinary Andean men and women provide insight into the lived experience of the people who formed the backbone of Quito's textile industry Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed September 2, 2020) Subject Textile industry -- Social aspects -- Ecuador -- Pelileo -- History Indigenous peoples -- Ecuador -- Pelileo -- Social conditions Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Pelileo -- Social conditions Labor supply -- Ecuador -- Pelileo -- History Forced labor -- Ecuador -- Pelileo -- History Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Social conditions -- 17th century Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Social conditions -- 18th century Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Pelileo -- Social conditions -- 17th century Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Pelileo -- Social conditions -- 18th century Textile workers -- Ecuador -- Pelileo -- History -- 17th century Textile workers -- Ecuador -- Pelileo -- History -- 18th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Textile workers Forced labor Indians of South America -- Social conditions Indigenous peoples -- Social conditions Labor supply Textile industry -- Social aspects Andes Region Ecuador -- Pelileo Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780816538140 081653814X

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