Indigenous religion and cultural performance in the new Maya world [electronic resource] / Garrett W. Cook and Thomas A. Offit; with a contribution from Rhonda Taube.
Publication details: Albuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press, c2013.Description: 1 online resource (xxxix, 200 p.) : illISBN:- 9780826353191 (electronic bk.)
- 0826353193 (electronic bk.)
- Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Religion
- Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Rites and ceremonies
- Mayas -- Guatemala -- Momostenango -- Social life and customs
- Festivals -- Guatemala -- Momostenango
- Shamanism -- Guatemala -- Momostenango
- Cofradías (Latin America) -- Guatemala -- Momostenango
- Momostenango (Guatemala) -- Religious life and customs
- Momostenango (Guatemala) -- Social life and customs
- RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal
- 299.7/842 23
- F1465.1.M66 C66 2013eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-188) and index.
"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"--Front jkt. flap.
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