ISBN:
9781498512824
,
9781498512848
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 147 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
DDC:
305.80097282
Keywords:
Mayas Social life and customs
;
Mayas Social conditions
;
Ethnology
;
Human ecology
;
Community life
;
Environmental health
;
Health services accessibility
;
Land tenure
;
Education Social aspects
;
Belize Ethnic relations
;
Belize Süd
;
Maya
;
Bodennutzung
;
Humanökologie
;
Umwelthygiene
;
Gesundheit
Abstract:
"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"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Beginning at the end : "He is nearly dead" -- The Mopan Maya in Belize : "They do it different across" -- Nutrition as tradition : "It's what indian people eat" -- Bodies at work, bodies at rest : "We boss ourselves" -- Educating well : "They are lazy to learn it now" -- Changing spaces, changing faces : "I could not live where there is no jippy jappa" -- Alone, together : "You are not afraid?" -- Ending at the beginning : "The past is the future
Description / Table of Contents:
Beginning at the end : "He is nearly dead"The Mopan Maya in Belize : "They do it different across" -- Nutrition as tradition : "It's what indian people eat" -- Bodies at work, bodies at rest : "We boss ourselves" -- Educating well : "They are lazy to learn it now" -- Changing spaces, changing faces : "I could not live where there is no jippy jappa" -- Alone, together : "You are not afraid?" -- Ending at the beginning : "The past is the future".
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-144) and index
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