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Watching Lacandon Maya Lives

BuchKartoniert, Paperback
Englisch
Rlpg/Galleyserschienen am22.02.2023Second Edition
In Watching Lacandon Maya Lives, the author follows three generations of one Lacandon Maya family. Readers track the subjects' lives as they shift through events such as marriage, parenthood, and religious conversion, all set against a backdrop of increased tourism, road construction, and the murders of two people in the community.mehr
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KlappentextIn Watching Lacandon Maya Lives, the author follows three generations of one Lacandon Maya family. Readers track the subjects' lives as they shift through events such as marriage, parenthood, and religious conversion, all set against a backdrop of increased tourism, road construction, and the murders of two people in the community.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-5381-2617-2
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum22.02.2023
AuflageSecond Edition
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 13 mm
Gewicht340 g
Artikel-Nr.59094542

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
IntroductionChapter One: The Myth of Lacandon Origins. Romantic ImagesArchaeological, Linguistic, and Historical Sources.Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries: Chol-LacandonEighteenth Century: Yucatec LacandonLacandon in the Nineteenth CenturyLacandon in the Twentieth CenturyLacandon 1980-2015Chapter Two: Reconstructing the Historical Lacandon: Who Is Lacandon? What Does Traditional Lacandon Mean?Lacandon Life from 1790-1903 Men and Women´s Work Religion Marriage and Household LifeSelling Lacandon Religion Two Case Studies and Concluding Thoughts So, How Can I Write About the Lacandon ?Chapter 3: Watching Life in a Lacandon CommunityAn Overview of Women, Men, and Work. Women´s WorkMen's WorkFamily ExamplesChan K?in Viejo and his HouseholdKoh III and Koh IV, Summer1985 Child Birth, and Infant MortalityThe Death of NukChapter 4: 1970-2020, Five Decades of Change Government, Oil and Immigration, an OverviewFamily Relations, Work, and Historic Lacandon HorticultureRoads, Bows and Arrows, and TourismAdapting Agricultural to Tourism: Comparing Two Communities Men, tourism, and Agriculture in Nahá. Agriculture and Tourism in Lacanha. Women, Tourism, and Work Traditional women Women in households oriented to tourismWidowsChapter 5: Finding an Income in the Lacandon JungleProviding Food and Lodging for VisitorsHousehold-Level Entrepreneurial ActivitiesArchaeology in MensäbäkWorking for CONANPFour Families in MensäbäkEconomic and Cultural ChangesShifting to a Money-Based Economy and Culture ChangeChanging diet and healthChanging household-based reciprocityChanging statusChanging household demographicsGrowing Up in a Changing World: The Cases of K?in and Chan K?in QuintoChapter 6: Decline of Non-Christian ReligionCosmologyRitual Places: Classic Period RuinsCaves and Rock SheltersGod HousesRitual ImplementsTypes of OfferingsEdible OfferingsRitual and AgricultureHealing and Ritual The End of the WorldConclusions: The End of Non-Christian Religion Chapter 7: Changing Healing PracticesLacandon Categories of SicknessCuring Through PrayerTherapeutic IncantationsCuring StringsMedicinal PlantsDecline of Healing RitualsChapter Eight: Forty Years Among the Lacandon: Some Lessons Learned What is Lacandon Culture? What People Say is Different from What They DoMarriage, Fatherhood, and McGee´s Position in the CommunityThe Fire: 6/9/99Glossary References Citedmehr

Autor

R. Jon McGee is professor of anthropology at Texas State University. He is author or editor of numerous books, including Watching Lacandon Maya Lives, Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia (coedited with Richard L. Warms), and Sacred Realms: Readings in the Anthropology of Religion (coedited with Warms and James Garber), now in its second edition.