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The Two Milpas of Chan Kom: Scenarios of a Maya Village Life
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Series: Suny the Anthropology of Work
ISBN13: 9780791428306
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Mar 7 1996
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.86 Depth: 8.85
Language: English
An ethnographic account of Chan Kom, a contemporary Maya community in Yucatan, Mexico that focuses on the social schism within the community resulting from an accelerated process of migration to Cancun, a major tourist center.
Chan Kom is a Maya community in the Yucatán peninsula that is currently undergoing a process of transformation due to increasing migration to Cancún, Mexico. The author demonstrates the significance of the Mayas' socio-economic and ideological strategies to adapt to the changes brought about by this migration.
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