Mixe of Oaxaca

Religion, Ritual, and Healing

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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The Mixe of Oaxaca was the first extensive ethnography of the Mixe, with a special focus on Mixe religious beliefs and rituals and the curing practices associated with them. It records the procedures, design-plan, corresponding prayers, and symbolic context of well over one hundred rituals. Frank Lipp has written a new preface for this edition, in which he comments on the relationship of Mixe religion to current theoretical understandings of present-day Middle American folk religions.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-09-01
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor275
FörlagUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN9780292747050

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Foreword by Munro S. EdmonsonPreface to the Paperback EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Social Organization and Kinship2. Subsistence Agriculture3. Religious Belief System4. Calendrical System5. Ritual Behavior6. Rites of Passage7. Village Festivals8. Medical Concepts and Behavior9. PostscriptAppendixesA. Mixe RegionB. Mixe PhonemesC. Mixe TextsNotesGlossaryMixeSpanish and NahuatlLiterature CitedIndex

This elegantly written and thoroughly researched ethnography substantially enhances our understanding of this ancient Mesoamerican culture and its present-day expression.... It is already rightly considered a classic and fills an immense void in the ethnographic literature for southern Mesoamerica. It is destined to be read and consulted continually and, as a definitive study, should serve as a model for future ethnographies. (Ethnohistory) A solid ethnography of Mixe ritual life. . . . Taken as a whole, the book represents a major contribution to an understanding of the Mixes and provides much of the data required to situate their religious beliefs and practices within the framework of Mesoamerican religion in general. (Journal of Ritual Studies)