1st Edition
Purgatory and Utopia A Mazahua Indian Village of Mexico
By Alicja Iwanska
Copyright 2006
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
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The conflict between a people's determination to preserve their socio-cultural identity and the aspiration toward technological progress and knowledge has become common in the age of globalization. One people that has remarkably kept a balance between tradition and progress are the Mazahuas of Central Mexico. Purgatory and Utopia, now available in paperback, describes how the Mazahuas have... Read more
Introduction; 1: Decisions and Accidents; 2: Methodological Dilemma; 3: Research Techniques; I: The Village in the Larger World; 1: Historical Perspective; 2: Contemporary Situation; 3: Aspirations and Utopias; II: Social Differentiation; 1: Generations; 2: Men and Women; 3: Inequalities and Equalities; III: World View of Mazahuas from El Nopal; 1: Dimensions of World View; 2: Conception of Universe; 3: Conception of Self; 4: Conception of Society; 5: Conception of Supernatural; 6: Cognitive, Moral, Aesthetic, Activistic Orientations of Mazahuas from El Nopal; IV: Persistence and Change; 1: Decision - Making; 2: The Meaningful; 3: The Instrumental; 4: The Meaningless
Biography
Alicja Iwanska
