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Author Cook, Garrett W., 1947-

Title Indigenous religion and cultural performance in the new Maya world / Garrett W. Cook and Thomas A. Offit ; with a contribution from Rhonda Taube.

Publication Info. Albuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxxix, 200 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index.
Summary "Based on more than thirty years of ethnographic fieldwork in Highland Guatemala, this study of Maya diviners, shamans, ritual dancers, and religious brotherhoods describes the radical changes in traditional Maya religious practice wrought by economic globalization and political turmoil"--Front jkt. flap.
Contents Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Understanding Maya Religion in the New Millennium; 1: The Fiesta Patronál in Historical Context: The Festival System and Anthropological Theory; 2: Santiago and the Cofradía: Reorganizing the Tradition; 3: The Monkeys Dance: Adjusting the Performance; 4: Foreign Characters: Visualizing Identity in the Guatemalan Highlands in the Twenty-First Century; 5: The Dynamics of Contemporary: Maya Religious Tradition: Agency and Structure in Selected Case Studies.
Conclusion: The Future of Village-Level Indigenous ReligionNotes; References; Index; Back Cover.
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Subject Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Religion.
Mayas.
Guatemala -- Momostenango.
Religion.
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Rites and ceremonies.
Rites and ceremonies.
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Festivals -- Guatemala -- Momostenango.
Shamanism -- Guatemala -- Momostenango.
Festivals.
Cofradías (Latin America) -- Guatemala -- Momostenango.
Shamanism.
Momostenango (Guatemala) -- Religious life and customs.
Momostenango (Guatemala) -- Social life and customs.
Cofradías (Latin America)
RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal.
Mayas -- Religion.
Mayas -- Rites and ceremonies.
Mayas -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Offit, Thomas A., 1968-
Taube, Rhonda.
Other Form: Print version: Cook, Garrett W., 1947- Indigenous religion and cultural performance in the new Maya world. Albuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press, ©2013 9780826353184 (DLC) 2012042170 (OCoLC)815873391
ISBN 9780826353191 (electronic book)
0826353193 (electronic book)
0826353193 (electronic)
9780826353184
0826353185