Maya Resurgence in Guatemala: Q'Eqchi' Experiences
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Across Guatemala, Mayan peoples are struggling to recover from decades of cataclysmic upheaval--religious conversions, civil war, displacement, military repression. Richard Wilson carried out long-term research with Q'eqchi'-speaking Mayas in the province of Alta Verapaz to ascertain how these events affected social organization and identity. He finds that their rituals of fertility and healing--abandoned in the 1970s during Catholic and Protestant evangelizations--have been reinvented by an ethnic revivalist movement led by Catholic lay activists, who seek to renovate the earth cult in order to create a new pan-Q'eqchi' ethnic identity.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0806131950
ISBN13:9780806131955
Release Date:September 1999
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Length:373 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"
Related Subjects
Americas Ancient Anthropology Central America Comparative Politics Cultural Ethnic & Tribal Government Guatemala History Latin America Legal Theory & Systems Mayan Native American Native American Studies Non-US Legal Systems Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Specific Demographics TextbooksCustomer Reviews
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Maya Resurgence
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Wilson effectively blends a number of theorectical threads to create a moving and powerful image of Maya ethnicity in the late 20th century.
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