Title The chicken and the quetzal Incommensurate ontologies and portable values in Guatemala's cloud forest / Paul Kockelman

Published Durham : Duke University Press, [2016] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 190 pages ) Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents NGOs, ecotourists, and endangered avifauna: immaterial labor, incommensurate values, and intersubjective intentions -- A Mayan ontology of poultry: selfhood, affect, and animals -- From reciprocation to replacement: grading use value, labor power, and personhood -- From measurement to meaning: standardizing and certifying homes and their inhabitance Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Kekchi Indians -- Social life and customs Non-governmental organizations -- Guatemala Culture and tourism -- Social aspects -- Guatemala SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural Kekchi Indians -- Social life and customs Non-governmental organizations Guatemala Form Electronic book Author Project Muse. LC no. 2015026282 ISBN 9780822374596 0822374595

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