TY - BOOK AU - Morales,Edmundo TI - The guinea pig: healing, food, and ritual in the Andes SN - 0816514798 (alk. paper) U1 - 338.1/7693234 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Tucson PB - University of Arizona Press KW - Indians of South America KW - Domestic animals KW - Andes Region KW - Guinea pigs KW - Social aspects KW - History KW - Food KW - Economic conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-170) and index; From household animal to market commodity -- The cuy as food and symbolic social binder -- The cuy in Andean medicine -- The cuy in Andean ideology, religion, and belief -- The future of the cuy economy ER -