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Title

Katun : a twenty-year journey with the Maya / Cindy L. Hull.

Author

Hull, Cindy L., 1950-

Publication

Belmont, CA ; Southbank, Victoria, Australia : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2004.

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Details

Description

xviii, 190 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Case studies in cultural anthropology

Uniform Title

Case studies in cultural anthropology

Subject

• Mayas > Mexico > Yaxbe > Social conditions
• Mayas > Mexico > Yaxbe > Economic conditions
• Maya women > Mexico > Yaxbe > Economic conditions
• Henequen industry > Mexico > Yaxbe
• Yaxbe (Mexico) > Economic conditions
• Yaxbe (Mexico) > Social life and customs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. I The Maya of northwest Yucataʹn: historical and economic context -- ch. 1 A Katun with the Yucatec Maya -- The Maya landscape -- Entering the village -- Returning to Yaxbe -- The Objective and subjective in anthropology -- Method: longitudinal research -- Ethnographic essay: Donã Isabel: a woman of substance -- ch. 2 The Historical context -- Anthropology, history, and economic theory -- The Maya world -- Pre-conquest Maya -- Conquest to independence -- Henequen and the post-independence era -- The Decline and fall of the Henequen era -- Conclusion -- ch. 3 The Economy of Yaxbe, 1976-1989 -- World systems theory and agency in Yucataʹn -- The Economic structure -- Ethnographic essay: The CIA and other conspiracies, 1976 -- Conclusion -- pt. II Yaxbe: the social context -- ch. 4 Village life: resilience and change, 1976-1998 -- The Village -- The People -- Culture and the individual: the life cycle -- Village cohesion -- Ethnographic essay: The Funeral -- Ethnographic essay: The Fire -- Education -- Health and medicine -- Ethnographic essay: On becoming a compadre -- Conclusion -- ch. 5 The Political structure of Yaxbe, 1976-1998 -- National and local politics -- Crime and punishment in Yaxbe -- Ethnographic essay: Of cameras and turkey thieves -- Conclusion -- ch. 6 Mayan and Catholic roots in Yaxbe -- Mayan and Catholic syncretism -- The Place of ancient spirits in a modern world -- Ethnographic essay: Huay Pop -- A Tale of two rituals -- Conclusion -- ch. 7 A Religion for business and one for Sunday: the Seveth Day Adventists -- Protestantism in YAxbe -- The Impact of Protestantism on the lives of men and women in Yaxbe -- Enthographic essay: Becoming a Seventh Day Adventist -- The Pentecostals -- The Impact of Protestantism on village life -- Field journal: Dorcas -- Conclusion.

ISBN

0534612903

LCCN

^^2002115047

OCLC

• 53007147
• SCSB-11423936

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library