Kahn, Hilary E., 1966-

Seeing and being seen the Q'eqchi' Maya of Livingston, Guatemala, and beyond / [electronic resource] : Hilary E. Kahn. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006. - xi, 242 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.

Introduction -- Field(s) of engagement : Livingston and Proyecto Ajwacsiinel -- Cycles of debt : colonialism, coffee, and companies -- Envisioning power and morality : Tzuultaq'a, Germans, and action-in-place -- Private consumption, communities, and kin -- Publicly performing moralities and internalizing vision -- Anachronistic mediators and sensory selves : exploring time and space -- Día de Guadalupe : identity politics -- Crime, globalization, and ethnic relations in Livingston and beyond -- I am a camera : vignettes of ethnographic vérité -- Endings and beginnings.


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Kekchi Indians--History.--Guatemala--Livingston
Kekchi Indians--Ethnic identity.--Guatemala--Livingston
Kekchi Indians--Social conditions.--Guatemala--Livingston
Video recording in ethnology--Guatemala--Livingston.
Motion pictures in ethnology--Guatemala--Livingston.
Indians in motion pictures.


Livingston (Guatemala)--Social life and customs.


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