Performing Piety: Making Sacred Space with the Virgin of Guadalupe by Elaine A. Peña (review)
The author is impressive in her use of relevant historical literature from the Ecuadorian Andes and from the global scene, but she eschews the adjacent Amazonian region of Ecuador almost entirely. This, unfortunately, leads her to identify the Huaorani as "Huarani," which means "enemies like us," rather than "us." She also implies (pp. 44, 127) that General Rodrigez Lara gave his speech about "becoming white" in the Andes, citing the late Ronald Stutzman. Stutzman took his information from two of this reviewer's publications, which he cited, that clearly show that president was speaking instead to an audience in the Amazonian town of Puyo.