Mayas in the Marketplace : : Tourism, Globalization, and Cultural Identity / / Walter E. Little.
Selling handicrafts to tourists has brought the Maya peoples of Guatemala into the world market. Vendors from rural communities now offer their wares to more than 500,000 international tourists annually in the marketplaces of larger cities such as Antigua, Guatemala City, Panajachel, and Chichicaste...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Subjectivity and Fieldwork among Kaqchikel Vendors
- Chapter 1 Guatemala as a Living History Museum
- Chapter 2 Place and People in a Transnational Borderzone City
- Chapter 3 Antigua Tipica Markets and Identity Interaction
- Chapter 4 Mercado de Artesania Compania de Jesus and the Politics of Vending
- Chapter 5 Gendered Marketplace and Household Reorganization
- Chapter 6 The Places Kaqchikel Maya Vendors Call Home
- Chapter 7 Home as a Place of Exhibition and Performance in San Antonio Aguas Calientes
- Chapter 8 Marketing Maya Culture in Santa Catarina Palopo
- Conclusion: Traditions and Commodities
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index