Living and working among the Tz'utujil Maya people of Santiago Atitl???n in highland Guatemala for some fifteen years, Vincent Stanzione has observed, photographed, and participated in their ritual and ceremonial life, which he describes with unique authority in this account of the continuities in Mayan culture from pre-Columbian times to the present. "This book represents both a confirmation and an innovation in the scholarship and field work about the religious imagination and rites of passage of Maya peoples. I know of ...
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Living and working among the Tz'utujil Maya people of Santiago Atitl???n in highland Guatemala for some fifteen years, Vincent Stanzione has observed, photographed, and participated in their ritual and ceremonial life, which he describes with unique authority in this account of the continuities in Mayan culture from pre-Columbian times to the present. "This book represents both a confirmation and an innovation in the scholarship and field work about the religious imagination and rites of passage of Maya peoples. I know of no book that is as able to a) link the pre-Hispanic, colonial and contemporary religious practices of these peoples into a coherent narrative, b) combine anthropological/religious studies theory with linguistics and ongoing field work as creatively and c) illuminate the debate between models of 'syncretism' and 'transculturation' about a contemporary ritual cycle as Stanzione's beautifully illustrated work."--David Carrasco, Harvard University
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-1. Signed (inscribed) by author on dedication page. Signed by author on title page. Text block, wraps and binding are in like new condition, without markings of any kind. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
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Acceptable. Western Highlands, Guatemala: Vincent James Stanzione and Angelika Bauer, 2000. 1st edition. Sm 4to paperback. 344pp. B/W photos and illustrations throughout. One of 1000 copies. Near good. Spine creased. Pencil notes and extensive highlighting, particularly in first third of books. Pages otherwise clean and bright. (religion, central america, mesoamerica, guatemala, maya) Inquire if you need further information.
