Maya Or Mestizo? - Nationalism, Modernity, and Its Discontents

Informationen zum Autor By Ronald Loewe Klappentext Loewe offers a contemporary look at a Maya community caught between tradition and modernity. He skilfully weaves the history of Mexico and this particular community into the analysis, providing a unique understanding of how one local community has faced the onslaught of modernization. Zusammenfassung Loewe offers a contemporary look at a Maya community caught between tradition and modernity. He skilfully weaves the history of Mexico and this particular community into the analysis! providing a unique understanding of how one local community has faced the onslaught of modernization. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Nationalism, Mestizaje, and Anthropology Part 1. Organizing the Polity: Structures of Coercion and Control 1. A Town in Yucatán: Maxcanú in Historical and Economic Perspective 2. The Gremio System: The Social Organization of Religious Life 3. Making Maya into Mestizo: Identity, Difference, and Cultura regional mestiza Part 2. Critical Perspectives from Below 4. Yucatán's Dancing Pig's Head ( Cuch ): Parody as a Weapon 5. The Journey of Way Kot : Myth as Cultural Critique 6. Caught in the Spirit: Possession, Prophecy, and Resistance Conclusion: Linkages in the Global Economy Appendix: The Tale of Way Kot : Four Versions Glossary Notes References Index

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• Authors: Ronald Loewe, Loewe Ronald
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2010
• EAN: 9781442601420
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-0142-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom; Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnogra; Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom; Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnogra
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore