Indigenous Religion and Cultural Performance in the New Maya World /

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Based on more than thirty years of ethnographic fieldwork in Highland Guatemala, this study of Maya diviners, shamans, ritual dancers, and religious brotherhoods describes the radical changes in traditional Maya religious practice wrought by economic globalization and political turmoil. -- Front jac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cook, Garrett W., 1947-
Other Authors: Taube, Rhonda, Offit, Thomas A., 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press, 2013
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Shamanism
Mayas > Social life and customs
Mayas > Rites and ceremonies
Mayas > Religion
Manners and customs
Festivals
Cofradías (Latin America)
RELIGION > Ethnic & Tribal.
Cofradias (Amerique latine) > Guatemala > Momostenango.
Chamanisme > Guatemala > Momostenango.
Mayas > Guatemala > Momostenango > Moeurs et coutumes.
Mayas > Guatemala > Momostenango > Rites et ceremonies.
Mayas > Guatemala > Momostenango > Religion.
Cofradías (Latin America) > Guatemala > Momostenango.
Shamanism > Guatemala > Momostenango.
Festivals > Guatemala > Momostenango.
Mayas > Guatemala > Momostenango > Social life and customs.
Mayas > Guatemala > Momostenango > Rites and ceremonies.
Guatemala > Momostenango
Momostenango (Guatemala) > Social life and customs.
Momostenango (Guatemala) > Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Based on more than thirty years of ethnographic fieldwork in Highland Guatemala, this study of Maya diviners, shamans, ritual dancers, and religious brotherhoods describes the radical changes in traditional Maya religious practice wrought by economic globalization and political turmoil. -- Front jacket flap.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780826353191

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