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Twelve contributions examine the oral tradition and other media of expression among the Andean people. Ten of the papers were delivered to the conference on "Textuality in Amerindian Cultures: Production, Reception, Strategies," conceived by the editor and William Rowe, held in May 1991, at the University of London. Arrangement is in four sections, covering textualizing histories and identities in cultural performances; ritual, weaving, and the making of meanings; processes of textualization in written Quechua discourse; and orality and literacies as reflexes of colonization and resistance. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.