ABSTRACT

This book discusses the indigenous people of Tecpan Guatemala, a predominantly Kaqchikel Maya town in the Guatemalan highlands. It seeks to build on the traditional strengths of ethnography while rejecting overly romantic and isolationist tendencies in the genre.

chapter 1|23 pages

Tecpán

chapter 2|17 pages

The Guatemalan Context

chapter 3|19 pages

Maya Histories

chapter 6|23 pages

Language, Dress, and Identity