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Bunzel, Ruth

Chichicastenango; A Guatemalan Village

1952

78.96 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1952
Place of printing
Locust Valley, New York. J. J. Augustin Publisher
Author
Bunzel, Ruth
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Central America & West Indies Anthropology
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [24.5 x 17 cm]; xxvi, 438 pp, illustrations (one is a floor plan of church), tables, glossary, bibliog. original cloth, spine title lettering, interior is clean and near fine in very good cover, tight and sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Based on the author's research and extensive field work in 1930-32 and brought up-to-date with a detailed foreword by the author, the work describes economic and family life, government, religion, fiestas, rituals in this important city in the western highlands of Quiche of Guatemala, with sections on alcoholism, sorcery, placating idols, initiations, family breakup, betrothal, etc. Extensive appendices include the market, terms of relationships, dances, folklore, etc. A publication of the American Ethnological Society.