Tecpán Guatemala : a modern Maya town in global and local context
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Tecpán Guatemala : a modern Maya town in global and local context
（Westview case studies in anthropology）
Westview Press, c2003
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-158) and index
Contents of Works
- Tecpán -- The Guatemalan context -- Maya histories -- Natural disaster, political violence, and cultural resurgence -- Kaqchikel hearts, souls, and selves : competing religions and worldviews -- Language, dress, and identity -- The land and its fruits:
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780813337227
Description
This book discusses the indigenous people of Tecpan Guatemala, a predominantly Kaqchikel Maya town in the Guatemalan highlands. It seeks to build on the traditional strengths of ethnography while rejecting overly romantic and isolationist tendencies in the genre.
Table of Contents
Series Editor Preface -- Introduction -- Tecpan -- The Guatemalan Context -- Maya Histories -- Natural Disaster, Political Violence, and Cultural Resurgence -- Kaqchikel Hearts, Souls, and Selves: Competing Religions and Worldviews -- Language, Dress, and Identity -- The Land and Its Fruits: Cultural Associations in Changing Economic Times -- Conclusion: Tecpan Maya in the Contemporary World
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ISBN 9780813340340
Description
This case study of a highland Guatemala town examines what it means to be Maya in a rapidly changing and globalized world. In providing an historical synopsis of the Kaqchikel Maya from pre-Columbian and Colonial times to the present day, this volume focuses on the dynamics of clutural boundaries in light of the use of the Kaqchikel language versus Spanish, the growing role of Protestantism and the revitalization of Maya religion versus Catholicism, and the effects of violent civil war on social networks. It examines the role of weaving and export agriculture in linking Tecpanecos to larger economic and political orbits and for defining local, regional, and national identities. As a result, this accessibly written book demonstrates that even seemingly traditional Maya cultural forms are actively constructed in the context of intense global connections.
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