Embodying ecological heritage in a Maya community : health, happiness, and identity / Kristina Baines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baines, Kristina, 1973-

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology.

Human ecology.

Mayas.

Belize.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Lexington Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Embodying Ecological Heritage in a Maya Community is a rich ethnography detailing how ecological heritage practices are central to life and health in a Maya community. It clearly illuminates the more nuanced effects of development processes, including land rights, healthcare access, and education access.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Beginning at the End: "He Is Nearly Dead"; Chapter Two: The Mopan Maya in Belize: "They Do It Different Across"; Chapter Three: Nutrition as Tradition: "It's What Indian People Eat"; Chapter Four: Bodies at Work, Bodies at Rest: "We Boss Ourselves"; Chapter Five: Educating Well: "They Are Lazy to Learn It Now"; Chapter Six: Changing Spaces, Changing Faces: "I Could Not Live Where There Is No Jippy Jappa"; Chapter Seven: Alone, Together: "You Are Not Afraid?"; Chapter Eight: Ending at the Beginning: "The Past Is the Future"; References; Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-66699-365-4

1-4985-1283-6

OCLC:

932332373