Indigenous religion and cultural performance in the new Maya world /

Indigenous religion and cultural performance in the new Maya world /

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Author / Creator:Cook, Garrett W., 1947-
Imprint:Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013.
Description:xxxix, 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Religion.
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Rites and ceremonies.
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Social life and customs.
Festivals -- Guatemala -- Momostenango.
Shamanism -- Guatemala -- Momostenango.
Cofradías (Latin America) -- Guatemala -- Momostenango.
Cofradías (Latin America)
Festivals.
Manners and customs.
Mayas -- Religion.
Mayas -- Rites and ceremonies.
Mayas -- Social life and customs.
Shamanism.
Momostenango (Guatemala) -- Religious life and customs.
Momostenango (Guatemala) -- Social life and customs.
Guatemala -- Momostenango.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9276832
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Other authors / contributors:Offit, Thomas A., 1968-
Taube, Rhonda.
ISBN:9780826353184 (cloth : alk. paper)
0826353185 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780826353191 (electronic)
0826353193 (electronic)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-188) and index.
Summary:"Based on more than thirty years of ethnographic fieldwork in Highland Guatemala, this study of Maya diviners, shamans, ritual dancers, and religious brotherhoods describes the radical changes in traditional Maya religious practice wrought by economic globalization and political turmoil"--Front jkt. flap.

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