| Time and the Highland Maya Revised Edition Contributor(s): Tedlock, Barbara (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826313582 ISBN-13: 9780826313584 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1992 Annotation: Described as a landmark in the ethnographic study of the Maya, this account of ritual and cosmology among the contemporary Quiche Indians of highland Guatemala has been updated to address changes that have occurred in the last decade. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 299.784 |
| LCCN: 91-44651 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Series: Woodrow Wilson Center Special |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.09" W x 9.26" (1.13 lbs) 309 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Described as a landmark in the ethnographic study of the Maya, this study of ritual and cosmology among the contemporary Quich Indians of highland Guatemala has now been updated to address changes that have occurred in the last decade. The Classic Mayan obsession with time has never been better known. Here, Barbara Tedlock redirects our attention to the present-day keepers of the ancient calendar. Combining anthropology with formal apprenticeship to a diviner, she refutes long-held ethnographic assumptions and opens a door to the order of the Mayan cosmos and its daily ritual. Unable to visit the region for over ten years, Tedlock returned in 1989 to find that observance of the traditional calendar and religion is stronger than ever, despite a brutal civil war. . . . a well-written, highly readable, and deeply convincing contribution. . . . --Michael Coe |
Contributor Bio(s): Tedlock, Barbara: - Barbara Tedlock is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Research Associate at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. She and her husband, noted antropologist Dennis Tedlock, were awarded Dorothy Doyle Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2006 by PEN New Mexico. |