Maya Saints and Souls in a Changing World

Maya Saints and Souls in a Changing World
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9780292786738
ISBN-13 : 0292786735
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Download or read book Maya Saints and Souls in a Changing World written by John M. Watanabe and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maya of Santiago Chimaltenango have experienced increasingly rapid, even violent, integration into Guatemalan society in the last fifty years, yet they still distinguish themselves ethnically from Spanish-speaking Guatemalans and other Maya. Why this sense of ethnic identity persists—and also changes—over time is the focus of Maya Saints and Souls in a Changing World, a beautifully written ethnography of a Mam-speaking Maya town in the western highlands of Guatemala. John Watanabe uniquely explores how Chimaltecos themselves define their local distinctiveness. This approach uncovers significant continuities in lifeways and world view that might otherwise remain imperceptible to an outsider. Another important feature of the study is that it updates Charles Wagley's pioneering research in the community during the 1930s. Watanabe identifies both the external, historical factors that have prompted change in the community since Wagley's time and the people's responses to these changes.


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