The House In The Market: How Q'eqchi' Market Women Convert Money And Commodities Into Persons ...

The House In The Market: How Q'eqchi' Market Women Convert Money And Commodities Into Persons And Personhood S. Ashley Kistler, 2010   Recent research argues that globalization in Latin America sometimes results in the homogenization of culture and loss of indigenous identity. This paper, however, explores how Q'eqchi'-Maya market women in San Juan Chamelco, Guatemala, generate Q'eqchi' personhood by embracing the conflicts of value introduced by the confrontation of globalization with...

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