Indigenous religion and cultural performance in the new Maya world / Garrett W. Cook and Thomas A. Offit ; with a contribution from Rhonda Taube

Date :

Editeur / Publisher : Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 2013, cop. 2013

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-0-8263-5318-4

Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango (Guatemala) -- Religion

Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango (Guatemala) -- Rites et cérémonies

Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango (Guatemala) -- Moeurs et coutumes

Festivals -- Guatemala -- Momostenango (Guatemala)

Chamanisme -- Guatemala -- Momostenango (Guatemala)

Confréries -- Guatemala -- Momostenango (Guatemala)

Moeurs et coutumes -- Momostenango (Guatemala)

Vie religieuse -- Momostenango (Guatemala)

Classification Dewey : 299.7/842

Taube, Rhonda (Collaborateur / collaborator)

Résumé / Abstract : Based on more than thirty years of ethnographic fieldwork in Highland Guatemala, this study of Maya diviners, shamans, ritual dancers, and religious brotherhoods describes the radical changes in traditional Maya religious practice wrought by economic globalization and political turmoil