God and Production in a Guatemalan Town

Sheldon Annis

ISBN 10: 0292727429 / ISBN 13: 9780292727427

Edité par Univ Of Chicago Behalf Of University Of Texas Jan 1988, 1988

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Neuware - Since the late 1970s, Protestantism has emerged as a major force in the political and economic life of rural Guatemala. Indeed, as Sheldon Annis argues in this book, Protestantism may have helped tip Guatemala's guerrilla war in behalf of the army during the early 1980s.But what is it about Protestantism-and about Indians- that has led to massive religious conversion throughout the highlands And in villages today, what are the dynamics that underlie the competition between Protestants and Catholics Sheldon Annis addresses these questions from the perspective of San Antonio Aguas Calieutes, an Indian village in the highlands of midwestern Guatemala. Annis skillfully blends economic and cultural analysis to show why Protestantism has taken root. The key 'character' in his drama is the village Indian's tiny plot of corn and beans, the milpa, which Annis analyzes as an 'idea' as well as an agronomic productive system. By exploring 'milpa logic,' Annis shows how the economic, environmental, and social shifts of the twentieth century have acted to undercut 'the colonial creation of Indianness' and, in doing so, have laid the basis for new cultural identities.

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• Titre: God and Production in a Guatemalan Town
• Éditeur: Univ Of Chicago Behalf Of University Of Texas Jan 1988
• Date de parution: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0292727429
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780292727427
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 230 L x 151 H x 17 P (en millimètres) 230 millimètres de largeur par 151 millimètres de hauteur par 17 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 327 grammes

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Since the late 1970s, Protestantism has emerged as a major force in the political and economic life of rural Guatemala. Indeed, as Sheldon Annis argues in this book, Protestantism may have helped tip Guatemala's guerrilla war in behalf of the army during the early 1980s.

But what is it about Protestantism--and about Indians-- that has led to massive religious conversion throughout the highlands? And in villages today, what are the dynamics that underlie the competition between Protestants and Catholics?

Sheldon Annis addresses these questions from the perspective of San Antonio Aguas Calieutes, an Indian village in the highlands of midwestern Guatemala. Annis skillfully blends economic and cultural analysis to show why Protestantism has taken root. The key "character" in his drama is the village Indian's tiny plot of corn and beans, the milpa, which Annis analyzes as an "idea" as well as an agronomic productive system. By exploring "milpa logic," Annis shows how the economic, environmental, and social shifts of the twentieth century have acted to undercut "the colonial creation of Indianness" and, in doing so, have laid the basis for new cultural identities.