The modern Maya

Modern Maya strive to maintain their culture and way of life despite centuries of political, social, and environmental disruption. The author/photographer shows the homes and lives of farmers and chicle gatherers, ranch hands and henequen workers, as well as the Mayan-speaking urbanites who work at the resorts on the Riviera Maya. A way of life that was centered around the milpa (farm) and the cultivation of tropical forest products has been transformed by the effects of NAFTA, tourism, the evangelical movement, world trade and maquiladoras, racism, sexism, and drugs.

Year

2012

Language

English

Series

The William and Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the western hemisphere

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Editions

1

Pages

352

ISBN

9780292726932

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