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Hinojosa, Servando Z., 1968-

In this body : Kaqchikel Maya and the grounding of spirit / Servando Z. Hinojosa. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One. Soul and Place in Mesoamerica -- Approaching Soul in Mesoamerica -- The Human Landscape in Comalapa -- Embodying Spirit in Comalapa -- Part Two: The Midwife and Spiritual Gestation -- The Midwife at Work -- Birth Organs and the Stirring of Will -- Knowledge about the Soul and the Child's Fate -- Part Three. The Soul-Therapist and Securing of Spirit -- Soul-Therapists and their Beginnings -- Elusive Spirits and Surrogate Bodies -- Part Four. Maya Dancers and Renewal of Spirit -- Performing Soul, Performing Community -- The Las Delicias Becoming -- The Moros in Public and Private Space -- Appendix.

"The Kaqchikel Maya, who live in the highlands of central Guatemala, experience soul as part of a continuum of bodily states. This account of life in one highland Maya community shows how, among Kaqchikels, spirit expresses itself fundamentally through the body, and not as something entirely separate from the body. By examining the lived-meanings of midwifery, soul therapy, and community dance in the town of San Juan Comalapa, the book identifies the body as the primary vehicle for spiritual grounding in daily life. Hinojosa invites readers to understand how specialists in these activities articulate their knowledge of the spirit through their understanding of blood, and he encourages readers to glimpse the hidden life of the body and how bodily processes guide local understandings of spirit at the personal and group level. This work further illuminates the agentive role of the body in Maya spiritual experience and enriches the current discussions of Maya spiritual revitalization"--

ISBN: 9780826337474 0826337473

Source: 4012437 Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cakchikel Indians--Social life and customs.--Guatemala--Comalapa
Cakchikel Indians--Religion.--Guatemala--Comalapa
Human body--Social aspects--Guatemala--Comalapa.
Human body--Religious aspects.--Guatemala--Comalapa
Mind and body--Guatemala--Comalapa.
Midwifery--Guatemala--Comalapa.
Mental healing--Guatemala--Comalapa.
Indian dance--Guatemala--Comalapa.
Community life--Guatemala--Comalapa.
Mind and body therapies.
Spiritual healing.
Midwifery.
Women midwives.
Midwives.
Culture.
Mind-Body Therapies
Indians, Central American
Spiritual Therapies
Midwifery
Culture
Faith Healing
Nurse Midwives
Thérapies corporelles.
Guérison par la foi.
Sages-femmes.
Culture.
midwives.
culture note.
culture (concept)
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
HISTORY--Central America.--Latin America
HISTORY--Latin America--Mexico.
Women midwives
Spiritual healing
Mind and body therapies
Midwives
Culture
Cakchikel Indians--Religion
Cakchikel Indians--Social life and customs
Community life
Human body--Religious aspects
Human body--Social aspects
Indian dance
Manners and customs
Mental healing
Midwifery
Mind and body
Cakchiquel
Seele
Vorstellung
Leiblichkeit
Schamane
Seelenreise
Tanz
Ritual

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Comalapa (Guatemala)--Social life and customs.
Guatemala
Guatemala--Comalapa
Guatemala

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F1465.2.C3 / H56 2015eb

Dewey Class. No.: 972.81/61

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2016 D-682 WB 880