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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hinojosa, Servando Z., 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"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 separate from the body. By examining the lived-meanings of midwifery, soul therapy, and community dance in the town of San Juan Comalapa, the book identifies the body as the primary vehicle for spiritual grounding in daily life. Hinojosa invites readers to understand how specialists in these activities articulate their knowledge of the spirit through their understanding of blood, and he encourages readers to glimpse the hidden life of the body and how bodily processes guide local understandings of spirit at the personal and group level. This work further illuminates the agentive role of the body in Maya spiritual experience and enriches the current discussions of Maya spiritual revitalization"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages).
ISBN:9780826337474

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