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Rev. ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Establishing place and imagining community -- pt. 2. History, peripherality, and social pluralism -- pt. 3. Death of community, resurrection of autonomy. |
| Summary |
This compelling ethnography explores the issue of cultural continuity and change as it has unfolded in the representative Guatemala Mayan town Santiago Atitlán. Drawing on multiple sources, Robert S. Carlsen argues that local Mayan culture survived the Spanish Conquest remarkably intact and continued to play a defining role for much of the following five centuries. He also shows how the twentieth-century consolidation of the Guatemalan state steadily eroded the capacity of the local Mayas to adapt to change and ultimately caused some factions to reject-even demonize-their own history and culture. At the same time, he explains how, after a decade of military occupation known as la violencia, Santiago Atitlán stood up in unity to the Guatemalan Army in 1990 and forced it to leave town. This new edition looks at how Santiago Atitlán has fared since the expulsion of the army. Carlsen explains that, initially, there was hope that the renewed unity that had served the town so well would continue. He argues that such hopes have been undermined by multiple sources, often with bizarre outcomes. Among the factors he examines are the impact of transnational crime, particularly gangs with ties to Los Angeles; the rise of vigilantism and its relation to renewed religious factionalism; the related brutal murders of followers of the traditional Mayan religion; and the apocalyptic fervor underlying these events. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tzutuhil Indians -- Social conditions.
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Tzutuhil Indians -- Social conditions. |
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Tzutuhil Indians. |
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Tzutuhil philosophy.
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Tzutuhil philosophy. |
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Tzutuhil Indians -- Religion.
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Tzutuhil Indians -- Religion. |
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Social change -- Guatemala -- Santiago Atitlán.
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Social change. |
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Guatemala -- Santiago Atitlán. |
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Santiago Atitlán (Guatemala) -- Folklore.
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Santiago Atitlán (Guatemala) -- Politics and government.
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Santiago Atitlán (Guatemala) -- Social life and customs.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Politics and government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Folklore.
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| Added Author |
Prechtel, Martín.
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Carrasco, Davíd.
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| Added Title |
War for the heart and soul of a highland Maya town |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Carlsen, Robert S. (Robert Stanley), 1950- War for the heart & soul of a highland Maya town. Rev. ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011 9780292723986 (DLC) 2012428166 (OCoLC)710218951 |
| ISBN |
029273476X (electronic book) |
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9780292734760 (electronic book) |
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9780292723986 (paperback) |
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0292723989 |
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