Book
Tradition and adaptation: life in a modern Yucatan Maya village
Greenwood Press • Westport, Conn. • Published In 1975 • Pages:
By: Press, Irwin.
Abstract
According to the author, Irwin Press, change has been a feature of peasant life for hundreds of years. Villagers have been able to accommodate change because theirs is a 'society of parts' and not a fragile, tightly knit integrated whole. Differences in gender, religion, ethnicity, and education are cleavages along which the forces of change can move without necessarily disrupting village life. Press shows how change is negotiated in terms of Ladino and Mestizo identities. He also discusses how the prestige and leadership of two professional teachers, who were born in the community, facilitated change.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Maya Area
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field Date
- 1963-1968
- Coverage Date
- 1963-1968
- Coverage Place
- Pustunich, Yucatan, Mexico
- Notes
- Irwin Press
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCN
- 75000071
- LCSH
- Mayas