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I was a little surprised by the book because of how it was written. Unlike Guaman Poma’s book Yawar Fiesta is written like a story but I thought it might be like The First Chronicle outlining Spanish abuses. Yawar Fiesta is a lot more subtle than the First Chronicle as it showed the racism and […] read full post >>

There were a lot of interesting bits in this week’s reading that stood out to me. Conceptually, I thought that one of the most intriguing parts at the beginning was the bit about how land was stolen “officially.” The importance of the land was talked about a lot at the beginning, in relation to the […] read full post >>

José María Arguedas offers an entry point  into the complex intersection of indigenous Andean culture and Western influence in Peru through his text “The Yawar Fiesta.” As we explore this annual festival, it is interesting to see how it symbolizes the struggle between indigenous and Spanish colonialism.  One of the first things that came to […] read full post >>

Arguedas’ Yawar Fiesta takes the events of a single week, a tiny blip in the history of colonization and describes it in such a way that we the audience understand the centuries of pain that came before it. The village of Puquio displays this microcosm through their explanation of its peoples, where they exist, where […] read full post >>

 Week 6: Yawar Fiesta Yawar Fiesta taught me about an aspect of Peruvian indigeneity that I had not heard about and narrated an andean indigenous and european conflict that I was not aware of; it was a super interesting, engaging, and eye-ope... read full post >>

 Week 6: Yawar Fiesta Yawar Fiesta taught me about an aspect of Peruvian indigeneity that I had not heard about and narrated an andean indigenous and european conflict that I was not aware of; it was a super interesting, engaging, and eye-ope... read full post >>

 Week 6: Yawar Fiesta Yawar Fiesta taught me about an aspect of Peruvian indigeneity that I had not heard about and narrated an andean indigenous and european conflict that I was not aware of; it was a super interesting, engaging, and eye-ope... read full post >>

José María Arguedas novel Yawar Fiesta focuses on a bullfighting event that happens in the festival. He shows the conflict between the landowners and the communities through his characters, and how the mistis and the mesitzo appear to learn closer towards Spanish influence and disregard the Indians. What I liked about this novel is that […] read full post >>

José María Arguedas, author of Yawar Fiesta, was brought up a mestizo fluent in Quechua due to his living with Indigenous families while growing up. It is then not a surprise that he went on to use his place as an artist with Quechua perspective to write about Indigenous Andean culture. In Yawar Fiesta, this […] read full post >>

Hello LAST 303! My name is Josiah Ketler. I’ve been taking my schooling slow, and finally entering my last year. I am primarily a writer and filmmaker, and a musician when I have the time. I’ve made two films so far with OIKOS, an art studio and multimedia brand. I spend a lot of my […] read full post >>