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  • Ritual, Identity, and the Mayan Diaspora
  • Written by author Nancy J. Wellmeier
  • Published by Routledge, 2002/02/27
  • This book analyzes the lives and the continuing ritual traditions of the Mayas who live in the United States. Focusing on a predominantly Maya town in rural Florida, it shows how members of this ancient Central American civilization use their religious tr
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Preface
Ch. I Meeting the Mayas 3
Points of Origin 5
Ch. II Contexts 17
500 Years of Conquest 18
Migration and Ethnicity 20
Ritual, Cargos, and Modern Catholicism 35
The Mayan Diaspora 45
Ch. III Mayan Men and Women in Indiantown 53
Indiantown Context 55
Households 65
Women's Lives 78
Men's Lives 82
Ch. IV Fiestas, Cargos and Identity 87
History of Fiestas in Indiantown 87
Fiesta Cycle of 1992 91
Other Religious Practice 110
Other Mayan Groups 115
Key Symbols 117
Ch. V Power, Leadership and Sacrifice in Indiantown 129
Spaces for Mayan Power 130
Outside Influences 143
Meaning, Memories and Knowledge 147
Ch. VI Toward a Mayan Renaissance and Transnational Ethnic Group 153
Pan-Mayan Discourse 154
Concretizing Identity 157
Communications and Economic Links 166
Conflict, Resistance and Access to Power 172
Change Here and There 177
Ch. VII Conclusions 183
Indiantown Mayas, Diaspora Mayas 186
Rituals of Resettlement 193
Refugees and Research 196
References 201
Index 221


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