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The war for the heart & soul of a highland Maya town [Libro electrónico] / Robert S. Carlsen

Por: Carlsen, Robert S [autor/a].
Tipo de material: Libro en línea Libro en línea Editor: Austin: University of Texas Press, c1997Descripción: xvi, 206 páginas : ilustraciones mapas ; 25 centímetros.ISBN: 029271193X; 0292711948; 9780292723986; 9780292734760; 9780292734760.Tema(s): Tzutuhil Indians -- Social conditions | Tzutuhil philosophy | Tzutuhil Indians -- Religion | Social change -- Guatemala -- Santiago AtitlanDescriptor(es) geográficos: Santiago Atitlan (Guatemala) -- Folklore | Santiago Atitlan (Guatemala) -- Politics and government | Santiago Atitlan (Guatemala) -- Social life and customsNota de acceso: Disponible para usuarios de ECOSUR con su clave de acceso Nota de bibliografía: Incluye bibliografía e índice: páginas 205-220 Número de sistema: 54813Contenidos:Mostrar Resumen:
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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 asla 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.

Recurso en línea: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7560/723986
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Foreword: Complex performance in Santiago Atitlan.. Preface to the revised edition.. Acknowledgments.. Introduction.. Part One. Establishing place and imagining community.. 1. What in the world is going on in Santiago Atitlan?.. 2. The Atiteco Mayas at the end of the twentieth century.. 3. The Flowering of the dead.. Part Two. History, peripherality, and social pluralism.. 4. Conquest and adaptation in Santiago Atitlan.. 5. On enlightenment, liberalism, and ladinos.. Part Three. Death of community, resurrection of autonomy.. 6. Under the gun in Santiago Atitlan.. 7. When immortals die.. 8. Season of the witch: the new millennium in Santiago Atitlan.. Notes.. Glossary.. Bibliography.. Index

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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 asla 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. eng

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