Book
The two milpas of Chan Kom: scenarios of a Maya village life
State University of New York Press • Albany • Published In 1996 • Pages: xi, 203
By: Re Cruz, Alicia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book asks what does it mean to be Mayan in the 20th century? It is the story of two political factions in the town of Chan Kom: 'los Antiguos' and 'los de Cancún'. The former live in Chan Kom and maintain a traditional way of life, working their cornfields, or MILPAS, and carrying out the traditional rituals. The latter are migrants living and working in the tourist colossus of Cancún. Los Antiguos claim that they are the true Mayan's because they work in the milpas, however, los de Cancún argue that Cancún is a modern-day milpa and they too are true Mayans. Re Cruz documents the history of this split and how this political and social division has become inscribed in the town's urban ecology. She also reveals the class structure of both factions, in which the elite benefit financially from the political and social division.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- Cereal agriculture
- Settlement patterns
- Classes
- Political parties
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maya (Yucatán Peninsula)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1986-1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1880-1990
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chan Kom, Yucatán and Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alicia Re Cruz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-198) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95015375
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas