Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; List of National Georgraphic Plates; List of Tables; Preface; Chapter 1 The People of Oxkutzcab, Yucatán; Chapter 2 Social Categories in Yucatán; Chapter 3 External Constructions of "the Maya"; Chapter 4 Maya and "Mestizo" : Two Different Worlds; Chapter 5 Learning to be "Indian": Aspects of New Ethnic and Cultural Identities in Oxkutzcab; Chapter 6 Voices In and About Popular Religion: The Competing Constructions of Participants and "Authorities."
Chapter 7 Shared Social Experience and Co-developing ReflexivitiesChapter 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Mayan People Within and Beyond Boundaries explores the Maya of Yucatan, the Maya of academic institutions and the Maya of the tourist industry. It examines the interplay between the local and the external, academic categories of the Maya, and seeks to transcend the paradoxical and incongruent relationship between the social spaces that breathe life into the categories. The notion of ""shared social experience"" is introduced to embody a focus on reflexivity that goes beyond the subjective position of the author and helps demystify the coexisting subjectivities characteristic of ethnog
