Cultural logics and global economies : Maya identity in thought and practice

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    • Fischer, Edward F.

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Cultural logics and global economies : Maya identity in thought and practice

Edward F. Fischer

University of Texas Press, 2001

  • : pbk
  • : cloth

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Cultural logics and global economics : Maya identity in thought and practice

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Bibliography: p. [261]-280

Includes index

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巻冊次

: cloth ISBN 9780292725300

内容説明

As ideas, goods, and people move with increasing ease and speed across national boundaries and geographic distances, the economic changes and technological advances that enable this globalisation are also paradoxically contributing to the balkanisation of states, ethnic groups, and special interest movements. Exploring how this process is playing out in Guatemala, this book presents an innovative synthesis of the local and global factors that have led GuatemalaaEURO(t)s indigenous Maya peoples to assert and defend their cultural identity and distinctiveness within the dominant Hispanic society. Drawing on recent theories from cognitive studies, interpretative ethnography, and political economy, Edward F. Fischer looks at individual Maya activists and local cultures, as well as changing national and international power relations, to understand how ethnic identities are constructed and expressed in the modern world. At the global level, he shows how structural shifts in international relations have opened new venues of ethnic expression for GuatemalaaEURO(t)s majority Maya population. At the local level, he examines the processes of identity construction in two Kaqchikel Maya towns, TecpA!n and PatzA * n, and shows how divergent local norms result in different conceptions and expressions of Maya-ness, which nonetheless share certain fundamental similarities with the larger pan-Maya project. Tying these levels of analysis together, Fischer argues that open-ended Maya aEUROoecultural logicsaEURO condition the ways in which Maya individuals (national leaders and rural masses alike) creatively express their identity in a rapidly changing world. Edward F. Fischer is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University.

目次

  • Part I - Context of Study
  • Maya Culture and Identity Politics
  • Tecpan and Patzun
  • Part II - Global Processes and Pan-Maya Identity Politics
  • Guatemalan Political Economies and the World System
  • The Rise of Pan-Maya Activism
  • Constructing a Pan-Maya Identity in a Postmodern World
  • Part III - Maya Identity as Lived Experience in Tecpan and Patzun
  • Souls, Socialization, and the Kaqchikel Self
  • Hearth, Kin, and Communities
  • Local Forms of Ethnic Resistance
  • Economic Change and Cultural Continuity
  • Part IV - Conclusion
  • Convergent Strategies and Cultural Logics
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780292725348

内容説明

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 2002 As ideas, goods, and people move with increasing ease and speed across national boundaries and geographic distances, the economic changes and technological advances that enable this globalization are also paradoxically contributing to the balkanization of states, ethnic groups, and special interest movements. Exploring how this process is playing out in Guatemala, this book presents an innovative synthesis of the local and global factors that have led Guatemala's indigenous Maya peoples to assert and defend their cultural identity and distinctiveness within the dominant Hispanic society. Drawing on recent theories from cognitive studies, interpretive ethnography, and political economy, Edward F. Fischer looks at individual Maya activists and local cultures, as well as changing national and international power relations, to understand how ethnic identities are constructed and expressed in the modern world. At the global level, he shows how structural shifts in international relations have opened new venues of ethnic expression for Guatemala's majority Maya population. At the local level, he examines the processes of identity construction in two Kaqchikel Maya towns, Tecpan and Patzun, and shows how divergent local norms result in different conceptions and expressions of Maya-ness, which nonetheless share certain fundamental similarities with the larger pan-Maya project. Tying these levels of analysis together, Fischer argues that open-ended Maya "cultural logics" condition the ways in which Maya individuals (national leaders and rural masses alike) creatively express their identity in a rapidly changing world.

目次

Acknowledgments Part I: Context of Study 1. Maya Culture and Identity Politics 2. Tecpan and Patzun Part II: Global Processes and Pan-Maya Identity Politics 3. Guatemalan Political Economies and the World System 4. The Rise of Pan-Maya Activism 5. Constructing a Pan-Maya Identity in a Postmodern World Part III: Maya Identity as Lived Experience in Tecpan and Patzun 6. Souls, Socialization, and the Kaqchikel Self 7. Hearth, Kin, and Communities 8. Local Forms of Ethnic Resistance 9. Economic Change and Cultural Continuity Part IV: Conclusion 10. Convergent Strategies and Cultural Logics Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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