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Title: The Two Milpas of Chan Kom: Scenarios of a Maya Village Life (Suny Series in Anthropology of Work) by Alicia Re Cruz ISBN: 0-7914-2830-3 Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr Pub. Date: March, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: useful update of Redfield's early work
Comment: Perhaps I have a disadvantage, but I read Re Cruz's dissertation, and her book, though certainly based on dissertation research, is a revised and updated examination of the Maya community of Chan Kom that compares nicely with earlier work by previous researchers. It might also be worth noting that Re Cruz is writing in a second language. The particular value of this book is its detailed and meticulous description of how contemporary Yucatec Mayas accommodate to and resist the resort of Cancun. Cancun provides a source of income and is thus like a milpa or cornfield but it is culturally disruptive and and threatening as well. Well worth the read!
Rating: 2
Summary: Content, O.K. Writing style, unimpressive.
Comment: The book goes into detail about the cultural crisis of the Maya of Chan Kom. Their struggle is between the traditional agricultural lifestyle and the modern economic influences upon the traditional lifestyle that change or sometimes subvert the traditional ways, creating a crisis of identity-the desire to maintain traditional values is balanced by the need to survive in the changing world.
I read this book as part of my anthropology coursework. Both my professor and I agree, that the style of the book is very weak. As he put it, it seems as if the author mearly published her doctoral thesis, without any adjustments to the content or style. The book reads like a thesis, and is riddled with footnotes, etc. While the information and insights are interesting, this is not an enjoyable ethnological work to read.
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Title: Unfinished Conversations: Mayas and Foreigners Between Two Wars by Paul Sullivan ISBN: 0520072448 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: May, 1991 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Hear My Testimony: Maria Teresa Tula, Human Rights Activist of El Salvador by Maria Teresa Tula, Lynn Stephen ISBN: 0896084841 Publisher: South End Press Pub. Date: March, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Women and the Ancestors: Black Carib Kinship and Ritual by Virginia Kerns, Constance R. Sutton ISBN: 0252066650 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref) Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: "Here, Our Culture Is Hard": Stories of Domestic Violence from a Mayan Community in Belize (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series) by Laura McClusky ISBN: 0292752490 Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 15 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Ethnography: A Way of Seeing by Harry F. Wolcott ISBN: 0761990917 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (non NBN) Pub. Date: 29 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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