Seeing and Being Seen - 9780292714557

Seeing and Being SeenThe Q'eqchi' Maya of Livingston, Guatemala, and Beyond\nAuthor(s): Hilary E. Kahn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9780292714557, 978-0292714557\nSynopsis\nThe practice of morality and the formation of identity among an indigenous Latin American culture are framed in a pioneering ethnography of sight that attempts to reverse the trend of anthropological fieldwork and theory overshadowing one another. \n\n In this vital and richly detailed work, methodology and theory are treated as complementary partners as the author explores the dynamic Mayan customs of the Q'eqchi' people living in the cultural crossroads of Livingston, Guatemala. Here, Q'eqchi', Ladino, and Garifuna (Caribbean-coast Afro-Indians) societies interact among themselves and with others ranging from government officials to capitalists to contemporary tourists. \n\n The fieldwork explores the politics of sight and i.