In Watching Lacandon Maya Lives, the author follows three generations of one Lacandon Maya family. Readers track the subjects' lives as they shift through events such as marriage, parenthood, and religious conversion, all set against a backdrop of increased tourism, road construction, and the murders of two people in the community.
In Watching Lacandon Maya Lives, the author follows three generations of one Lacandon Maya family. Readers track the subjects' lives as they shift through events such as marriage, parenthood, and religious conversion, all set against a backdrop of increased tourism, road construction, and the murders of two people in the community.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
R. Jon McGee is professor of anthropology at Texas State University. He is author or editor of numerous books, including Watching Lacandon Maya Lives, Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia (coedited with Richard L. Warms), and Sacred Realms: Readings in the Anthropology of Religion (coedited with Warms and James Garber), now in its second edition.
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Introduction Chapter One: The Myth of Lacandon Origins. Romantic Images Archaeological, Linguistic, and Historical Sources. Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries: Chol-LacandonEighteenth Century: Yucatec Lacandon Lacandon in the Nineteenth Century Lacandon in the Twentieth Century Lacandon 1980-2015 Chapter Two: Reconstructing the Historical Lacandon: Who Is Lacandon? What Does Traditional Lacandon Mean? Lacandon Life from 1790-1903 Men and Women's Work Religion Marriage and Household Life Selling Lacandon Religion Two Case Studies and Concluding Thoughts So, How Can I Write About "the Lacandon"? Chapter 3: Watching Life in a Lacandon Community An Overview of Women, Men, and Work. Women's Work Men's Work Family Examples Chan K?in Viejo and his Household Koh III and Koh IV, Summer1985 Child Birth, and Infant Mortality The Death of Nuk Chapter 4: 1970-2020, Five Decades of Change Government, Oil and Immigration, an Overview Family Relations, Work, and Historic Lacandon Horticulture Roads, Bows and Arrows, and Tourism Adapting Agricultural to Tourism: Comparing Two Communities Men, tourism, and Agriculture in Nahá. Agriculture and Tourism in Lacanha. Women, Tourism, and Work "Traditional" women Women in households oriented to tourism Widows Chapter 5: Finding an Income in the Lacandon Jungle Providing Food and Lodging for Visitors Household-Level Entrepreneurial Activities Archaeology in Mensäbäk Working for CONANP Four Families in Mensäbäk Economic and Cultural Changes Shifting to a Money-Based Economy and Culture Change Changing diet and health Changing household-based reciprocity Changing status Changing household demographics Growing Up in a Changing World: The Cases of K?in and Chan K?in Quinto Chapter 6: Decline of Non-Christian Religion Cosmology Ritual Places: Classic Period Ruins Caves and Rock Shelters God Houses Ritual Implements Types of Offerings Edible Offerings Ritual and Agriculture Healing and Ritual The End of the World Conclusions: The End of Non-Christian Religion Chapter 7: Changing Healing Practices Lacandon Categories of Sickness Curing Through Prayer Therapeutic Incantations Curing Strings Medicinal Plants Decline of Healing Rituals Chapter Eight: Forty Years Among the Lacandon: Some Lessons Learned What is Lacandon Culture? What People Say is Different from What They Do Marriage, Fatherhood, and McGee's Position in the Community The Fire: 6/9/99 Glossary References Cited
Introduction Chapter One: The Myth of Lacandon Origins. Romantic Images Archaeological, Linguistic, and Historical Sources. Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries: Chol-LacandonEighteenth Century: Yucatec Lacandon Lacandon in the Nineteenth Century Lacandon in the Twentieth Century Lacandon 1980-2015 Chapter Two: Reconstructing the Historical Lacandon: Who Is Lacandon? What Does Traditional Lacandon Mean? Lacandon Life from 1790-1903 Men and Women's Work Religion Marriage and Household Life Selling Lacandon Religion Two Case Studies and Concluding Thoughts So, How Can I Write About "the Lacandon"? Chapter 3: Watching Life in a Lacandon Community An Overview of Women, Men, and Work. Women's Work Men's Work Family Examples Chan K?in Viejo and his Household Koh III and Koh IV, Summer1985 Child Birth, and Infant Mortality The Death of Nuk Chapter 4: 1970-2020, Five Decades of Change Government, Oil and Immigration, an Overview Family Relations, Work, and Historic Lacandon Horticulture Roads, Bows and Arrows, and Tourism Adapting Agricultural to Tourism: Comparing Two Communities Men, tourism, and Agriculture in Nahá. Agriculture and Tourism in Lacanha. Women, Tourism, and Work "Traditional" women Women in households oriented to tourism Widows Chapter 5: Finding an Income in the Lacandon Jungle Providing Food and Lodging for Visitors Household-Level Entrepreneurial Activities Archaeology in Mensäbäk Working for CONANP Four Families in Mensäbäk Economic and Cultural Changes Shifting to a Money-Based Economy and Culture Change Changing diet and health Changing household-based reciprocity Changing status Changing household demographics Growing Up in a Changing World: The Cases of K?in and Chan K?in Quinto Chapter 6: Decline of Non-Christian Religion Cosmology Ritual Places: Classic Period Ruins Caves and Rock Shelters God Houses Ritual Implements Types of Offerings Edible Offerings Ritual and Agriculture Healing and Ritual The End of the World Conclusions: The End of Non-Christian Religion Chapter 7: Changing Healing Practices Lacandon Categories of Sickness Curing Through Prayer Therapeutic Incantations Curing Strings Medicinal Plants Decline of Healing Rituals Chapter Eight: Forty Years Among the Lacandon: Some Lessons Learned What is Lacandon Culture? What People Say is Different from What They Do Marriage, Fatherhood, and McGee's Position in the Community The Fire: 6/9/99 Glossary References Cited
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