Mayan Voices for Human Rights : : Displaced Catholics in Highland Chiapas / / Christine Kovic.
In the last decades of the twentieth century, thousands of Mayas were expelled, often violently, from their homes in San Juan Chamula and other highland communities in Chiapas, Mexico, by fellow Mayas allied with the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). State and federal authorities gener...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Exodus and Genesis. Leaving Chamula, Creating Community in Guadalupe
- Chapter 3 Opting for the Poor. The Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal and Human Rights
- Chapter 4 The Sin of Westernization. Power, Religion, and Expulsion
- Chapter 5 Defining Human Rights in Context. Anthropological, Legal, and Catholic Perspectives
- Chapter 6 Respect and Equality. Practicing Rights in Guadalupe
- Chapter 7 “Our Culture Keeps Us Strong”. Conversion and Self-Determination
- Chapter 8 Working and Walking to Serve God. Building a Community of Faith
- Chapter 9 Conclusion
- Notes
- Chronology: Key Events in Chiapas, Chamula, and the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas
- Glossary
- References
- Index