Seeing and being seen : the Q'eqchi' Maya in Livingston, Guatemala, and beyond / Hilary E. Kahn.

Author/creator Kahn, Hilary E., 1966-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Descriptionxi, 242 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Kekchi Indians--Guatemala. --Lívingston. --History.
Kekchi Indians--Guatemala. --Lívingston. --Ethnic identity.
Kekchi Indians--Guatemala. --Lívingston. --Social conditions.
Video recording in ethnology--Guatemala. --Lívingston.
Motion pictures in ethnology--Guatemala. --Lívingston.
Indians in motion pictures.
Lívingston (Guatemala)--Social life and customs.

Contents Introduction -- Field(s) of engagement : Livingston and Proyecto Ajwacsiinel -- Cycles of debt : colonialism, coffee, and companies -- Envisioning power and morality : Tzuultaq'a, Germans, and action-in-place -- Private consumption, communities, and kin -- Publicly performing moralities and internalizing vision -- Anachronistic mediators and sensory selves : exploring time and space -- Día de Guadalupe : identity politics -- Crime, globalization, and ethnic relations in Livingston and beyond -- I am a camera : vignettes of ethnographic vérité -- Endings and beginnings.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.
LCCN 2006015717
ISBN0292713487
ISBN0292714556
ISBN9780292713482
ISBN9780292714557

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks F1465.2.K5 K34 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold