Renewing the Maya World Expressive Culture in a Highland Town |
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| Author:
| Cook, Garrett W. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-292-71225-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of Texas Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $33.00 |
Book Description:
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In this richly detailed ethnography, Garrett Cook explores how festivals of Jesucristo and the saints derive from and reenact three major ancient Maya creation myths, thus revealing patterns of continuity between contemporary expressive culture and the my
In this richly detailed ethnography, Garrett Cook explores how festivals of Jesucristo and the saints derive from and reenact three major ancient Maya creation myths, thus revealing patterns of continuity between contemporary expressive culture and the my