Privatization and the New Medical Pluralism: Shifting Healthcare Landscapes in Maya Guatemala 9781498505383, 9781498505376

Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala 9780292767669

Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala marks a new era in Guatemalan studies by offering an up-to-the-minute look at the pa

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Maya after War: Conflict, Power, and Politics in Guatemala 9780292753754

Guatemala’s thirty-six-year civil war culminated in peace accords in 1996, but the postwar transition has been marked by

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Maya Bonesetters: Manual Healers in a Changing Guatemala 9781477320303

Scholarship on Maya healing traditions has focused primarily on the roles of midwives, shamans, herbalists, and diviners

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Divided by Faith and Ethnicity: Religious Pluralism and the Problem of Race in Guatemala 9781614515081, 9781614517108

Two unprecedented, striking developments form part of the reality of many Latin Americans. Recent decades have seen the

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African Medical Pluralism 9780253025098, 0253025095

In most places on the African continent, multiple health care options exist and patients draw on a therapeutic continuum

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Time Among the Maya: Travels in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico 9781780601809

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Broccoli and Desire: Global Connections and Maya Struggles in Postwar Guatemala 9781503625952

This book takes a surprising look at the hidden world of broccoli, connecting American consumers concerned about their h

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Seeing and Being Seen: The Q'eqchi' Maya of Livingston, Guatemala, and Beyond 9780292795679

The practice of morality and the formation of identity among an indigenous Latin American culture are framed in a pionee

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Maya Cosmology: Terrestrial and Celestial Landscapes [1 ed.] 3931419282

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Engaging Ancient Maya Sculpture at Piedras Negras, Guatemala 080614257X

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