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Tecpan Guatemala: A Modern Maya Town in Global and Local Context

Edward F. Fischer

This case study of a highland Guatemala town examines what it means to be Maya in a rapidly changing and globalized world. In providing an historical synopsis of the Kaqchikel Maya from pre-Columbian and Colonial times to the present day, this volume focuses on the dynamics of clutural boundaries in light of the use of the Kaqchikel language versus

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: Sep 13rd, 2019
  • Pages: 184
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.10in - 0.60in - 0.75lb
  • EAN: 9780367318208
  • Categories: GeneralLatin America - Central AmericaGeneral

About the Author

Edward F Fischer is professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Cultural Logics and Global Economics and the series editor for the Westview Case Studies in Anthropology. Carol Hendrickson is professor of anthropology at Marlboro College and is the author of Weaving Identities.