Explore: Zinacantán (mexico)

1The Zinacantecos of Mexico

A Modern Maya Way of Life

By Evon Zartman Vogt

New edition of a comprehensive survey of the Zincanteco belief system. The book begins with explanations of field work methods followed by detailed descriptions of the cycles encompassing hamlet life, social and domestic relations, and rituals. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

2What Are Norms?

A Study of Beliefs and Action in a Maya Community

By Francesca M. Cancian

What are Norms? challenges the traditional Parsonian theory of the basis of social order and proposes a theoretical perspective that emphasises shared definitions of reality rather than personal motivation. The book begins by describing conceptions of good and bad in a Maya community. Then it explores how such normative beliefs relate to the actions of individuals and the organisation of society. Parsons' theory is not supported by previous research on attitudes and behaviour. The final chapter describes a new theoretical approach to norms and society that provides a better explanation of how people's norms relate to their actions and how norms change.

“What Are Norms?” Metadata:

• Title: What Are Norms?
• Author: Francesca M. Cancian
• Language: English
• Number of Pages: 232
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publish Date: 1975-04-25
• Genres: History

Edition Identifiers:

• Google Books ID: j1M9AAAAIAAJ
• ISBN-13: 9780521205368
• ISBN-10: 0521205360
• All ISBNs: 0521205360 - 9780521205368

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3Zinacantán: a Maya Community in the Highlands of Chiapas

By Evon Zartman Vogt

What are Norms? challenges the traditional Parsonian theory of the basis of social order and proposes a theoretical perspective that emphasises shared definitions of reality rather than personal motivation. The book begins by describing conceptions of good and bad in a Maya community. Then it explores how such normative beliefs relate to the actions of individuals and the organisation of society. Parsons' theory is not supported by previous research on attitudes and behaviour. The final chapter describes a new theoretical approach to norms and society that provides a better explanation of how people's norms relate to their actions and how norms change.

4Weaving Generations Together

Evolving Creativity in the Maya of Chiapas

By Patricia Marks Greenfield

This innovative study provides a rare longitudinal study of the cognitive and socialization processes involved in transmitting weaving knowledge across two generations of Zinacantec Maya women in Chiapas. Greenfield's return to the site of her initial fieldwork twenty years later enables her to examine the impact of commercialization and globalization on textile production and sales, acculturation, and female socialization. Her systematic collection of data and range of approaches make this an exemplary work that will be a major contribution to studies of cognition and socialization, the life cycles of material culture, and the anthropology of the Maya. The more than two hundred striking and detailed photographic images of Zinacantec textiles are both informative and a delight to the eye. This book will appeal to both the academic specialist and admirers of Maya weaving and culture more generally.

5The Decline of Community in Zinacantan

Economy, Public Life, and Social Stratification, 1960-1987

By Frank Cancian

This ambitious, wide-ranging work shows how national economic prosperity and government expansion in Mexico during the 1970's transformed a relatively closed peasant community into a more outwardly connected, socially differentiated society marked by dissension and overt conflict.

“The Decline of Community in Zinacantan” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  The Decline of Community in Zinacantan
• Author: Frank Cancian
• Language: English
• Number of Pages: 326
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publish Date: 1994-10-01
• Genres: Social Science

Edition Identifiers:

• Google Books ID: WkOdgfDr3A8C
• ISBN-13: 9780804723626
• ISBN-10: 0804723621
• All ISBNs: 0804723621 - 9780804723626

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6The Black-man of Zinacantan, a Central American Legend

Including an Analysis of Tales Recorded and Translated by Robert M. Laughlin

By Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

This ambitious, wide-ranging work shows how national economic prosperity and government expansion in Mexico during the 1970's transformed a relatively closed peasant community into a more outwardly connected, socially differentiated society marked by dissension and overt conflict.

7Tortillas for the Gods

A Symbolic Analysis of Zinacanteco Rituals

By Evon Zartman Vogt

Reprint of the Harvard University Press edition originally published in 1976 on the relationship between food and ceremony. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

8Ethnographic Encounters in Southern Mesoamerica

Essays in Honor of Evon Zartman Vogt, Jr

By Victoria Reifler Bricker and Gary H. Gossen

Reprint of the Harvard University Press edition originally published in 1976 on the relationship between food and ceremony. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Reprint of the Harvard University Press edition originally published in 1976 on the relationship between food and ceremony. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

10The People of the Bat

Mayan Tales and Dreams from Zinacantán

By Carol Karasik

Reprint of the Harvard University Press edition originally published in 1976 on the relationship between food and ceremony. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR