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Author MacKenzie, C. James, author.

Title Indigenous bodies, Maya minds : religion and modernity in a transnational K'iche' community / C. James MacKenzie.

Publication Info. Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series IMS studies on culture and society series ; volume 9
Studies on culture and society ; v. 9.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary ""MacKenzie examines tension and conflict over ethnic and religious identity in the K'iche' Maya community of San Andres Xecul in the Guatemalan highlands, and considers how religious and ethnic attachments are sustained and transformed through the transnational experiences of locals who have migrated to the United States"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction: Community and modernity -- 1. History, economics, and migration -- 2. Costumbre -- 3. Enthusiastic Christianity -- 4. Inculturation -- 5. Maya spirituality -- 6. Migration, religion, and ethnicity -- Conclusion.
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Subject Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- San Andrés Xecul -- Social conditions.
Quiché Indians.
Guatemala -- San Andrés Xecul.
Social conditions.
Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- San Andrés Xecul -- Ethnic identity.
Ethnicity.
Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- San Andrés Xecul -- Religion.
Religion.
Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- San Andrés Xecul -- Migrations.
Quiché Indians -- Relocation -- United States.
United States.
San Andrés Xecul (Guatemala) -- Emigration and immigration.
United States -- Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Quiché Indians -- Religion.
Quiché Indians -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: MacKenzie, C. James. Indigenous bodies, Maya minds. Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado ; Albany, New York : Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, [2016] 9781607323938 (DLC) 2015010758 (OCoLC)910334189
ISBN 9781607323945 (electronic book)
160732394X (electronic book)
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9781607325567
9781607323938
9781607325567
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