Maya or Mestizo?: Nationalism, Modernity, and its Discontents (Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom) - Softcover

Loewe, Ronald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442601426 ISBN 13: 9781442601420

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 2010

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Book by Loewe Ronald

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The Maya of the Yucat n have long been drawn into the Mexican state's attempt to create modern Mexican citizens (mestizos). At the same time, they have contended with globalization pressures, first with hemp production and more recently with increased tourism and the fast-growing influence of American-based evangelical Protestantism. Despite these pressures to turn Maya into mestizo, the citizens of the small town of Maxcan have used subtle forms of resistance-humor, satire, and language-to maintain aspects of their traditional identity. Loewe offers a contemporary look at a Maya community caught between tradition and modernity. He skilfully weaves the history of Mexico and this particular community into the analysis, offering a unique understanding of how one local community has faced the onslaught of modernization.

Biografía del autor:

Ronald Loewe is Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Long Beach. His work has been published in a number of journals, including the Journal of American Folklore, American Anthropologist, and Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. He is currently an editor of the journal Practicing Anthropologist.

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• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1442601426
• ISBN 13: 9781442601420
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 226