Alicja Iwanska

Purgatory and Utopia

A Mazahua Indian Village of Mexico

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Produktbeschreibung

The conflict between a people's determination to preserve their socio-cultural identity and the aspiration toward technological progress and knowledge has become common in the age of globalization

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2017
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781138531307
• ISBN-10: 1138531308
• Artikelnr.: 50494782

Autorenporträt

Alicja Iwanska

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Decisions and Accidents
2: Methodological Dilemma
3: Research Techniques
I: The Village in the Larger World
1: Historical Perspective
2: Contemporary Situation
3: Aspirations and Utopias
II: Social Differentiation
1: Generations
2: Men and Women
3: Inequalities and Equalities
III: World View of Mazahuas from El Nopal
1: Dimensions of World View
2: Conception of Universe
3: Conception of Self
4: Conception of Society
5: Conception of Supernatural
6: Cognitive, Moral, Aesthetic, Activistic Orientations of Mazahuas from El Nopal
IV: Persistence and Change
1: Decision - Making
2: The Meaningful
3: The Instrumental
4: The Meaningless