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Seeing and being seen : the Q'eqchi' Maya in Livingston, Guatemala, and beyond / Hilary E. Kahn

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Author:
Kahn, Hilary E. 1966-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 242 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Guatemala
Lívingston
Lívingston (Guatemala)
Date:
2006
Contents:
Introduction -- Field(s) of engagement : Livingston and Proyecto Ajwacsiinel -- Cycles of debt : colonialism, coffee, and companies -- Envisioning power and morality : Tzuultaq'a, Germans, and action-in-place -- Private consumption, communities, and kin -- Publicly performing moralities and internalizing vision -- Anachronistic mediators and sensory selves : exploring time and space -- Día de Guadalupe : identity politics -- Crime, globalization, and ethnic relations in Livingston and beyond -- I am a camera : vignettes of ethnographic vérité -- Endings and beginnings
Topic:
History  Search this
Ethnic identity  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Video recording in ethnology  Search this
Motion pictures in ethnology  Search this
Indians in motion pictures  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_823906