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Scattered round stones : a Mayo village in Sonora, Mexico
- Title
- Scattered round stones : a Mayo village in Sonora, Mexico / David Yetman.
- Author
- Yetman, David, 1941-
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1998], ©1998.
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- Description
- xi, 351 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "From the very first, Teachive captivated me," David Yetman writes in this ethnography of a Mayo Indian peasant village in Sonora, Mexico. Over the centuries, the Mayos have evolved a profound union between the monte, or thornscrub forest, and their cultural life. With the assistance of resident Vicente Tajia and others, Yetman describes the region's plant and animal life and recounts the stories and traditions that animate the monte for the Mayos.
- That folk culture, so critical to their identity, is under assault by the global economic revolution. A passionate observer and chronicler, Yetman analyzes how galloping capitalism is destroying the monte and thus eroding traditional Mayo society. Listing Indian, Spanish, and scientific terms, an appendix glosses plants used by the Mayos in the Teachive area.
- Subjects
- Note
- "A University of Arizona Southwest Center book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-337) and index.
- Contents
- Scattered Round Stones -- 1. The Land -- 2. The People: A Brief History -- 3. The Town -- 4. The Community -- 5. Teachive's Worldly Goods -- 6. The Family -- 7. The Entanglement: An Opinionated Analysis of the Broader Picture -- 8. Afterword -- App. A. Don Vicente's List of the Benefits of Living in the Masiaca Community -- App. B. Don Vicente's List of Plants Used in the Tajia-Moroyoqui Household -- App. C. Plants Listed by Scientific Name -- App. D. Glossary of Spanish (and Mayo) Terms.
- ISBN
- 0826319556 (cloth)
- 0826319564 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 98024411
- OCLC
- ocm39116704
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries