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
Autor principal: Hinojosa, Servando Z., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ritual
Tanz
Seelenreise
Schamane
Leiblichkeit
Vorstellung
Seele
Cakchiquel
Mind and body.
Midwifery.
Mental healing.
Manners and customs.
Indian dance.
Human body > Social aspects.
Human body > Religious aspects.
Community life.
Cakchikel Indians > Social life and customs.
Cakchikel Indians > Religion.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
HISTORY > Latin America > Central America.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
culture note.
midwives.
Culture.
Sages-femmes.
Guerison par la foi.
Therapies corporelles.
Nurse Midwives
Faith Healing
Culture
Midwifery
Spiritual Therapies
Indians, Central American
Mind-Body Therapies
Midwives.
Women midwives.
Spiritual healing.
Mind and body therapies.
Community life > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Indian dance > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Mental healing > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Midwifery > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Mind and body > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Human body > Guatemala > Comalapa > Religious aspects.
Human body > Social aspects > Guatemala > Comalapa.
Cakchikel Indians > Guatemala > Comalapa > Religion.
Cakchikel Indians > Guatemala > Comalapa > Social life and customs.
Guatemala
Guatemala > Comalapa.
Comalapa (Guatemala) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
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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