Women and Alcohol in a Highland Maya Town Water of Hope, Water of Sorrow

Name: Women and Alcohol in a Highland Maya Town Water of Hope, Water of Sorrow
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ISBN: 9780292720893

ISBN-10: 0292720890

ISBN-13: 9780292720893

Edition: 1995

Authors: Christine Eber

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Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 327
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



List of Major Characters


Acknowledgments


On Translations and Aids to Reading This Book


Preface



Frameworks and Methods



The Time of Suffering: Pedranos, Ladinos, and Rum



I Have Come: Crazy February



Making One's Soul Arrive: Child Rearing and Household Relations



"Before God's flowery face": The Feast of St. Peter



"Now I am going like a branch and its leaves": Drinkers and Their Families



Water of Hope, Water of Sorrow: A Processual Framework on Drinking



"Beneath God's flowery hands and feet": Shamans' Cures for Problem Drinking



"It's time to change": Mestizoization and Drinking



"For ye are bought with a price": Traditions, Religions, and Drinking



"Today we say: Enough!": New Voices, New Collective Action



Conclusion


List of the Martyrs at Acteal


Epilogue


Appendices



Traditional Pedrano Gods



Non-Traditional Healing in Chenalho



Brief History of Presbyterianism in Chenalho



Revelation 21:3-8


Notes


Glossary


References


Index


Index of Major Characters