Tecpan, Guatemala - A Modern Maya Town in Global and Local Context

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.

List of contents

Series Editor Preface -- Introduction -- 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: Cultural Associations in Changing Economic Times -- Conclusion: Tecpán Maya in the Contemporary World

About the author

Fischer, Edward F | Hendrickson, Carol

Summary

What does it mean to be Maya in the modern world? Focusing on a Guatemalan town, this case study explores the cultural, political, and economic changes of this society over time.

Product details

• Authors: Edward F Fischer, Edward F. Fischer, Edward F. Hendrickson Fischer, Carol Hendrickson, Hendrickson Carol
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.07.2002
• EAN: 9780813337227
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3722-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Case Studies in Anthropology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Guatemala, Volkswirtschaftslehre, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, Politik und Staat, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Politics & government, Relating to indigenous peoples, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology