Tradition and adaptation: Life in a modern Yucatan Maya village

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Author(s): Irwin Press
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Year: 1975

Language: English
Pages: 240
City: Westport, London

Preface ......Page 11
1. Introduction: The Theoretical Context ......Page 17
2. The Context: Pustunich as Part of “Wholes” ......Page 29
3. The Village: Setting and Overview ......Page 34
4. The Histories and Orientation to Change ......Page 41
5. Economic Life ......Page 58
6. Class and Identity ......Page 85
7. Becoming a Pustunicheño ......Page 104
8. Social Organization ......Page 135
9. Political Organization ......Page 167
10. Religious Organization and Well-Being ......Page 185
11. In Retrospect: A Society of Parts ......Page 215
Appendix I. The Part Society as Viewed Through the Items Stocked by Pustunich Stores ......Page 223
Appendix II. Kinship Terminology ......Page 226
Index ......Page 231