1st Edition
Purgatory and Utopia A Mazahua Indian Village of Mexico
By Alicja Iwanska
Copyright 2006
224 Pages
by
Routledge
214 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 preserved their cultural identity and some of their ancient social institutions, while at the same time modifying their lifestyles, in a gradual, natural way.
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
