Table of Contents

• Preface
• Note on the Pronunciation of Mam Words
• Part One. Past and Present
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Santiago Chimaltenango
• Part Two. Saints and Souls
  • 3. The Conventions of Community
  • 4. The Conventions of Morality
  • 5. The Conventions of Responsibility
• Part Three. A Changing World
  • 6. From Livelihood to Labor
  • 7. The Struggle for Sovereignty
  • 8. A Quest for Meaning
  • 9. Conclusion
• Notes
• Glossary
• References
• Index

Promotional Information

"... Maya Saints and Souls is the most evocative, readable, personal and captivating [study] currently in print on Mesoamerica." -- John P. Hawkins, Professor of Anthropology, Brigham Young University

About the Author

John Watanabe is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Darmouth College.

Reviews

Watanabe’s work, in its combination of theoretical analysis and ethnographic sensitivity, surpasses anything that has come out of the field of Mesoamerican studies in quite some time. It should be essential reading for students of the region, and it will make for a good undergraduate teaching tool. (Hispanic American Historical Review)