Indigenous bodies, Maya minds : religion and modernity in a transnational K'iche' community

Summary: ""MacKenzie examines tension and conflict over ethnic and religious identity in the K'iche' Maya community of San Andres Xecul in the Guatemalan highlands, and considers how religious and ethnic attachments are sustained and transformed through the transnational experiences of locals who have migrated to the United States"--Provided by publisher"--

Record details

ISBN: 1607323931
ISBN: 9781607325567
ISBN: 9781607323938
ISBN: 9781607325567
ISBN: 160732556X
ISBN: 160732394X
ISBN: 9781607323945
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Community and modernity -- 1. History, economics, and migration -- 2. Costumbre -- 3. Enthusiastic Christianity -- 4. Inculturation -- 5. Maya spirituality -- 6. Migration, religion, and ethnicity -- Conclusion.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 27, 2016).