Indigenous religion and cultural performance in the new Maya world /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cook, Garrett W., 1947-
Imprint:	Albuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press, ©2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xxxix, 200 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Religion. Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Rites and ceremonies. Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Social life and customs. Festivals -- Guatemala -- Momostenango. Shamanism -- Guatemala -- Momostenango. Cofradías (Latin America) -- Guatemala -- Momostenango. Cofradías (Latin America) Festivals Manners and customs Mayas -- Religion Mayas -- Rites and ceremonies Mayas -- Social life and customs Shamanism Momostenango (Guatemala) -- Religious life and customs. Momostenango (Guatemala) -- Social life and customs. Guatemala -- Momostenango
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12644673

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Other authors / contributors:	Offit, Thomas A., 1968- Taube, Rhonda.
ISBN:	9780826353191 0826353193 0826353193 9780826353184 0826353185
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index. Print version record.
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
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

Table of 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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