Women & alcohol in a highland Maya town : water of hope, water of sorrow /
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| Author / Creator: | Eber, Christine Engla. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Austin : University of Texas Press, 1995. |
| Description: | xxiv, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1842099 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Major Characters
- Acknowledgments
- On Translations and Aids to Reading This Book
- Preface
- 1. Frameworks and Methods
- 2. The Time of Suffering: Pedranos, Ladinos, and Rum
- 3. I Have Come: Crazy February
- 4. Making One's Soul Arrive: Child Rearing and Household Relations
- 5. "Before God's flowery face": The Feast of St. Peter
- 6. "Now I am going like a branch and its leaves": Drinkers and Their Families
- 7. Water of Hope, Water of Sorrow: A Processual Framework on Drinking
- 8. "Beneath God's flowery hands and feet": Shamans' Cures for Problem Drinking
- 9. "It's time to change": Mestizoization and Drinking
- 10. "For ye are bought with a price": Traditions, Religions, and Drinking
- 11. "Today we say: Enough!": New Voices, New Collective Action
- 12. Conclusion
- List of the Martyrs at Acteal
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- A. Traditional Pedrano Gods
- B. Non-Traditional Healing in Chenalho
- C. Brief History of Presbyterianism in Chenalho
- D. Revelation 21:3-8
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Index of Major Characters