Mayan people within and beyond boundaries : social categories and lived identity in Yucatán

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Mayan people within and beyond boundaries : social categories and lived identity in Yucatán

Peter Hervik

(Studies in anthropology and history, v. 25)

Harwood Academic, c1999

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Mayan People Within and Beyond Boundaries explores the Maya of Yucatan, the Maya of academic institutions and the Maya of the tourist industry. It examines the interplay between the local and the external, academic categories of the Maya, and seeks to transcend the paradoxical and incongruent relationship between the social spaces that breathe life into the categories. The notion of "shared social experience" is introduced to embody a focus on reflexivity that goes beyond the subjective position of the author and helps demystify the coexisting subjectivities characteristic of ethnographic fieldwork. It provides a basis for overcoming the exclusive focus on "author," " text," and "discourse" in contemporary postmodernist ethnography, while still conveying important ethnographic information.

Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Maps List of Illustrations List of National Geographic Plates List of Tables Preface 1. 1. The People of Oxkutzcab, Yucatan 2. Social Categories in Yucatan 3. External Constructions of the Maya 4. Maya and Mestizo : Two Different Worlds 5. Learning to be Indian : New Ethnic and Cultural Identities in Oxkutzcab 6. Voices In and About Popular Religion: The Competing Constructions of Participants and Authorities 7. Shared Social Experience and Co-developing Reflexivities 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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  • NCID
    BA42942180
  • ISBN
    • 9057023407
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Amsterdam
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxiii, 214 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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