03943nam 2200685 a 450 991082507280332120230126202926.00-292-73476-X10.7560/723986(CKB)2550000000104655(EBL)3443608(SSID)ssj0000606784(PQKBManifestationID)11405934(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606784(PQKBWorkID)10582524(PQKB)11739377(Au-PeEL)EBL3443608(CaPaEBR)ebr10577300(OCoLC)932314264(DE-B1597)588754(DE-B1597)9780292734760(MiAaPQ)EBC3443608(EXLCZ)99255000000010465520120510d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe war for the heart & soul of a highland Maya town[electronic resource] /revised edition by Robert S. Carlsen ; with a preface and a new final chapter and with a contribution by Martín Prechtel ; foreword by Davíd CarrascoRev. ed.Austin University of Texas Press20111 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-292-72398-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index.pt. 1. Establishing place and imagining community -- pt. 2. History, peripherality, and social pluralism -- pt. 3. Death of community, resurrection of autonomy.This compelling ethnography explores the issue of cultural continuity and change as it has unfolded in the representative Guatemala Mayan town Santiago Atitlán. Drawing on multiple sources, Robert S. Carlsen argues that local Mayan culture survived the Spanish Conquest remarkably intact and continued to play a defining role for much of the following five centuries. He also shows how the twentieth-century consolidation of the Guatemalan state steadily eroded the capacity of the local Mayas to adapt to change and ultimately caused some factions to reject—even demonize—their own history and culture. At the same time, he explains how, after a decade of military occupation known as la violencia, Santiago Atitlán stood up in unity to the Guatemalan Army in 1990 and forced it to leave town. This new edition looks at how Santiago Atitlán has fared since the expulsion of the army. Carlsen explains that, initially, there was hope that the renewed unity that had served the town so well would continue. He argues that such hopes have been undermined by multiple sources, often with bizarre outcomes. Among the factors he examines are the impact of transnational crime, particularly gangs with ties to Los Angeles; the rise of vigilantism and its relation to renewed religious factionalism; the related brutal murders of followers of the traditional Mayan religion; and the apocalyptic fervor underlying these events.Tzutuhil IndiansSocial conditionsTzutuhil philosophyTzutuhil IndiansReligionSocial changeGuatemalaSantiago AtitlánSantiago Atitlán (Guatemala)FolkloreSantiago Atitlán (Guatemala)Politics and governmentSantiago Atitlán (Guatemala)Social life and customsTzutuhil IndiansSocial conditions.Tzutuhil philosophy.Tzutuhil IndiansReligion.Social change972.8164Carlsen Robert S(Robert Stanley),1950-1673497Prechtel Martín1673498Carrasco David412150MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825072803321The war for the heart & soul of a highland Maya town4037626UNINA