Indigenous Religion and Cultural Performance in the New Maya World |
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| Author:
| Cook, Garrett W.
Offit, Thomas A. |
| Contribution by:
| Taube, Rhonda |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8263-5319-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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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.
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.