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Subject(s)

• Mayas—Social life and customs [Browse]
• Mayas—Politics and government [Browse]
• Mayas—History—Sources [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Summary note

"Sophisticated study resting on a foundation of the analysis of postcontact Indigenous language documentation ranging from notarial records to primordial titles. Author is interested in charting the persistence and evolution after the Spanish invasion of the Maya cahob, or self-governing communities, as well as the chibal, or extended family lineage. He does so with skill and aplomb, producing a major work of ethnohistorical analysis"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-434) and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• pt. 1. Identity and Organization. 2. The Cah: Identity. 3. The Cah: Entity. 4. Names. 5. Government. 6. Politics: Faction, Office, and Career
• pt. 2. Society and Culture. 7. Class. 8. Daily Life. 9. Inheritance. 10. Gender. 11. Sexuality. 12. Religion
• pt. 3. Land and Material Culture. 13. Settlement. 14. Economic and Material Culture. 15. Land Description. 16. Tenure and Exchange. 17. Conflict and Conquest
• pt. 4. Literacy and Language. 18. Notarial Purpose and Style. 19. Petitions. 20. Election Records. 21. Quasi-Notarial Genres. 22. Language. 23. Conclusion
• App A. Six Maya Notarial Documents
• App B. Incidence of Maya Patronyms in Nine Cahob
• App C. Cabildo Officers of Eight Cahob
• App D. Wealth and Inheritance in Ixil, Cacalchen, and Nine Other Cahob
• App E. The Material World of the Cah: Property Items in Maya Testaments from Four Cahob, 1640-1835
• App F. Spanish Loanwords and Phrases in Maya Notarial Documents.

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ISBN

• 0804727457 ((cloth ; : acid-free paper))
• 9780804727457 ((cloth ; : acid-free paper))
• 0804736588
• 9780804736589

LCCN

96026167

OCLC

34984189

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