Embodying Ecological Heritage in a Maya Community: Health, Happiness, and Identity

Kristina Baines

doi:10.5771/9781498512831

Summary

Embodying Ecological Heritage in a Maya Community: Health, Happiness, and Identity provides an ethnographic account of life in a rural farming village in southern Belize, focusing on the connections between traditional ecological practices and the health and wellness of the Maya community living there. It discusses how complex histories, ecologies, and development practices are negotiated by individuals of all ages, and the community at large, detailing how they interact with their changing environments. The study has wide applicability for indigenous communities fighting for rights to manage their lands across the globe, as well as for considering how health is connected to heritage practices in communities worldwide.

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Edition: 1/2015
Copyright Year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-1282-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-1283-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 149
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Chapter One: Beginning at the End: “He Is Nearly Dead” No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter Two: The Mopan Maya in Belize: “They Do It Different Across” No access Pages 11 - 30
Chapter Three: Nutrition as Tradition: “It’s What Indian People Eat” No access Pages 31 - 54
Chapter Four: Bodies at Work, Bodies at Rest: “We Boss Ourselves” No access Pages 55 - 74
Chapter Five: Educating Well: “They Are Lazy to Learn It Now” No access Pages 75 - 88
Chapter Six: Changing Spaces, Changing Faces: “I Could Not Live Where There Is No Jippy Jappa” No access Pages 89 - 104
Chapter Seven: Alone, Together: “You Are Not Afraid?” No access Pages 105 - 126
Chapter Eight: Ending at the Beginning: “The Past Is the Future” No access Pages 127 - 138
References No access Pages 139 - 144
Index No access Pages 145 - 148
About the Author No access Pages 149 - 149