Title Indigenous bodies, Maya minds : religion and modernity in a transnational K'iche' community / C. James MacKenzie

Published Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource Series IMS studies on culture and society series ; volume 9 Studies on culture and society ; v. 9. Contents Introduction: Community and modernity -- 1. History, economics, and migration -- 2. Costumbre -- 3. Enthusiastic Christianity -- 4. Inculturation -- 5. Maya spirituality -- 6. Migration, religion, and ethnicity -- Conclusion Summary ""MacKenzie examines tension and conflict over ethnic and religious identity in the K'iche' Maya community of San Andres Xecul in the Guatemalan highlands, and considers how religious and ethnic attachments are sustained and transformed through the transnational experiences of locals who have migrated to the United States"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 27, 2016) Subject Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- San Andrés Xecul -- Social conditions Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- San Andrés Xecul -- Ethnic identity Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- San Andrés Xecul -- Religion Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- San Andrés Xecul -- Migrations Quiché Indians -- Relocation -- United States HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Emigration and immigration Quiché Indians -- Religion Quiché Indians -- Social conditions SUBJECT San Andrés Xecul (Guatemala) -- Emigration and immigration United States -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040 Subject Guatemala -- San Andrés Xecul United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9781607323945 160732394X 160732556X 9781607325567

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