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Seeing and being seen the Q'eqchi' Maya of Livingston, Guatemala, and beyond

Title
Seeing and being seen [electronic resource] : the Q'eqchi' Maya of Livingston, Guatemala, and beyond / Hilary E. Kahn.
Author
Kahn, Hilary E., 1966-
Publication
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 242 p.) : ill., map.
Uniform Title
Seeing and being seen (Online)
Alternative Title
Seeing and being seen (Online)
Subject
  • Kekchi Indians > Guatemala > Lívingston > History
  • Kekchi Indians > Guatemala > Lívingston > Ethnic identity
  • Kekchi Indians > Guatemala > Lívingston > Social conditions
  • Video recording in ethnology > Guatemala > Lívingston
  • Motion pictures in ethnology > Guatemala > Lívingston
  • Indians in motion pictures
  • Lívingston (Guatemala) > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction -- Field(s) of engagement : Livingston and Proyecto Ajwacsiinel -- Cycles of debt : colonialism, coffee, and companies -- Envisioning power and morality : Tzuultaq'a, Germans, and action-in-place -- Private consumption, communities, and kin -- Publicly performing moralities and internalizing vision -- Anachronistic mediators and sensory selves : exploring time and space -- Día de Guadalupe : identity politics -- Crime, globalization, and ethnic relations in Livingston and beyond -- I am a camera : vignettes of ethnographic vérité -- Endings and beginnings.
LCCN
2006015717
OCLC
ssj0000243390
Author
Kahn, Hilary E., 1966-
Title
Seeing and being seen [electronic resource] : the Q'eqchi' Maya of Livingston, Guatemala, and beyond / Hilary E. Kahn.
Imprint
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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