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Author Hinojosa, Servando Z., 1968-

Title In this body : Kaqchikel Maya and the grounding of spirit / Servando Z. Hinojosa
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2015

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Contents Part One. Soul and Place in Mesoamerica -- Approaching Soul in Mesoamerica -- The Human Landscape in Comalapa -- Embodying Spirit in Comalapa -- Part Two: The Midwife and Spiritual Gestation -- The Midwife at Work -- Birth Organs and the Stirring of Will -- Knowledge about the Soul and the Child's Fate -- Part Three. The Soul-Therapist and Securing of Spirit -- Soul-Therapists and their Beginnings -- Elusive Spirits and Surrogate Bodies -- Part Four. Maya Dancers and Renewal of Spirit -- Performing Soul, Performing Community -- The Las Delicias Becoming -- The Moros in Public and Private Space -- Appendix
Summary "The Kaqchikel Maya, who live in the highlands of central Guatemala, experience soul as part of a continuum of bodily states. This account of life in one highland Maya community shows how, among Kaqchikels, spirit expresses itself fundamentally through the body, and not as something entirely separate from the body. By examining the lived-meanings of midwifery, soul therapy, and community dance in the town of San Juan Comalapa, the book identifies the body as the primary vehicle for spiritual grounding in daily life. Hinojosa invites readers to understand how specialists in these activities articulate their knowledge of the spirit through their understanding of blood, and he encourages readers to glimpse the hidden life of the body and how bodily processes guide local understandings of spirit at the personal and group level. This work further illuminates the agentive role of the body in Maya spiritual experience and enriches the current discussions of Maya spiritual revitalization"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cakchikel Indians -- Guatemala -- Comalapa -- Social life and customs
Cakchikel Indians -- Guatemala -- Comalapa -- Religion
Human body -- Social aspects -- Guatemala -- Comalapa
Human body -- Guatemala -- Comalapa -- Religious aspects
Mind and body -- Guatemala -- Comalapa
Midwifery -- Guatemala -- Comalapa
Mental healing -- Guatemala -- Comalapa
Indian dance -- Guatemala -- Comalapa
Community life -- Guatemala -- Comalapa
Mind and body therapies.
Spiritual healing.
Midwifery.
Women midwives.
Midwives.
Culture.
Mind-Body Therapies
Indians, Central American
Spiritual Therapies
Midwifery
Culture
Faith Healing
Nurse Midwives
midwives.
culture note.
culture (concept)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Women midwives
Spiritual healing
Mind and body therapies
Midwives
Culture
Cakchikel Indians -- Religion
Cakchikel Indians -- Social life and customs
Community life
Human body -- Religious aspects
Human body -- Social aspects
Indian dance
Manners and customs
Mental healing
Midwifery
Mind and body
Cakchiquel
Seele
Vorstellung
Leiblichkeit
Schamane
Seelenreise
Tanz
Ritual
SUBJECT Comalapa (Guatemala) -- Social life and customs
Guatemala
Subject Guatemala -- Comalapa
Guatemala
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826337474
0826337473