The making of the ethnography
The village and the impact of political violence
Sarhua Llaqta: the village and its people
The times of danger
The said and the unsaid
An unusual visit
Intended forgetfulness
Gossip
The missing image of the disappeared man
Envy
Ressentiment
Confession
The power to silence
The production of "truth"
Old and new Sarhuino painting traditions
Events, blamed actors and time sequence in the "piraq causa"
Absent themes
Unexpected viewers and the question of "truth"
The role of imagination
Traces of the real
Relationship between the image and the text
Condensation, exaggeration, and accentuation
Symbolism
Social disruption
The threat of individualism: an inside enemy
The threat of outside enemies: a call for unity
A threat to abolish the "varayoqkuna" system: a sign of disunity
A familiar secret
A crucial alliance
A deferred response
The final push
The uprising
Capricho
The expulsion
Sarhua charged with terrorism
Narciso seeks revenge
The community's reaction
A secretly deserved death
Ambiguous realities
Narciso appears in dreams
Between the visible and the invisible
Qarqachas
Defiant qarqachas
Condenados
The condenado of Ranranizio
The condenado of Aywiri
Behind the visible
Another "disappearance"
Secret 1: the invisible presence of the state
Secret 2: communal justice or private revenge?
Secret 3: the community's endorsement of Justiniano and Sendero
Secret 4: the surrender and pardon of Sarhuino Senderistas.