The Journey of a Tzotzil-Maya Woman of Chiapas, Mexico : : Pass Well over the Earth / / Christine Eber.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Eber, Christine,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

Most recent books about Chiapas, Mexico, focus on political conflicts and the indigenous movement for human rights at the macro level. None has explored those conflicts and struggles in-depth through an individual woman's life story. The Journey of a Tzotzil-Maya Woman of Chiapas, Mexico now of...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Prologue
• Background Notes
• Notes on the Book’s Two Voices and Key Terms
• People in Antonia’s Life
• Time Line of Key Events Mentioned in the Book
• Map of Highland Chiapas
• Part I. Becoming a Batz’i Antz (True Woman)
• 1. A Childhood Memory
• 2. Parents
• 3. Learning to Work
• 4. School
• 5. Making One’s Soul Arrive
• 6. Listening to the Word of God
• 7. Courtship and Marriage
• 8. Learning to Be a Wife
• 9 Learning to Be a Mother
• 10 Learning to Manage a Household
• 11 Animals
• 12 Water
• 13 Working with Coffee
• Part II. Contesting the Status Quo, Creating a Different World
• 1 The Time of Fire
• 2 1997
• 3 International Encounters
• 4 Sons
• 5 Daughters
• 6 Daughters-in-Law and Grandchildren
• 7 Cargos
• 8 Cooperatives
• 9 Traveling
• 10 The International Folk Art Market
• Part III. Gains and Losses, Lessons Learned
• 1 Envy
• 2 Suffering
• 3. A Difficult Trip
• 4 Faith and Love
• 5. Exodus
• 6 Death
• 7 Life So Far
• Epilogue
• Afterword
• Appendix A. Antonia’s Words to Alberto
• Appendix B. Life Histories from Chiapas and Other Places
• Notes
• Glossary
• References
• Index