In this body : Kaqchikel Maya and the grounding of spirit /

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"The Kaqchikel Maya, who live in the highlands of central Guatemala, experience soul as part of a continuum of bodily states. This account of life in one highland Maya community shows how, among Kaqchikels, spirit expresses itself fundamentally through the body, and not as something entirely se...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hinojosa, Servando Z., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2015.
Temas:
Cakchikel Indians > Guatemala > Comalapa > Social life and customs.
Cakchikel Indians > Guatemala > Comalapa > Religion.
Human body > Social aspects > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Human body > Guatemala > Comalapa > Religious aspects.
Mind and body > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Midwifery > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Mental healing > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Indian dance > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Community life > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Mind and body therapies.
Spiritual healing.
Midwifery.
Women midwives.
Midwives.
Culture.
Mind-Body Therapies
Indians, Central American
Spiritual Therapies
Midwifery
Culture
Faith Healing
Nurse Midwives
Thérapies corporelles.
Guérison par la foi.
Sages-femmes.
midwives.
culture note.
culture (concept)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
HISTORY > Latin America > Central America.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Women midwives
Spiritual healing
Mind and body therapies
Midwives
Cakchikel Indians > Religion
Cakchikel Indians > Social life and customs
Community life
Human body > Religious aspects
Human body > Social aspects
Indian dance
Manners and customs
Mental healing
Mind and body
Cakchiquel
Seele
Vorstellung
Leiblichkeit
Schamane
Seelenreise
Tanz
Ritual
Comalapa (Guatemala) > Social life and customs.
Guatemala
Guatemala > Comalapa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part One. Soul and Place in Mesoamerica
  • Approaching Soul in Mesoamerica
  • The Human Landscape in Comalapa
  • Embodying Spirit in Comalapa
  • Part Two: The Midwife and Spiritual Gestation
  • The Midwife at Work
  • Birth Organs and the Stirring of Will
  • Knowledge about the Soul and the Child's Fate
  • Part Three. The Soul-Therapist and Securing of Spirit
  • Soul-Therapists and their Beginnings
  • Elusive Spirits and Surrogate Bodies
  • Part Four. Maya Dancers and Renewal of Spirit
  • Performing Soul, Performing Community
  • The Las Delicias Becoming
  • The Moros in Public and Private Space
  • Appendix.

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