5. Otomían and Purépechan Cultures of Central Mexico

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. General Editor’s Preface vii
4. 1. A Retrospective Look at the Ethnology Volumes of the Handbook of Middle American Indians 1
5. I. Topical Syntheses
6. 2. Mesoamerican Social Organization and Community after 1960 9
7. 3. Theology and History in the Study of Mesoamerican Religions 24
8. 4. Alternative Political Futures of Indigenous People in Mesoamerica 50
9. II. Regional Syntheses
10. 5. Otomían and Purépechan Cultures of Central Mexico 65
11. 6. Contemporary Cultures of the Gulf Coast 83
12. 7. Indigenous Peoples in Central and Western Mexico 120
13. 8. Thirty Years of Oaxacan Ethnography 150
14. 9. The Maya of Chiapas since 1965 179
15. 10. The Yucatec Maya 207
16. 11. Maya and Anthropologists in the Highlands of Guatemala since the 1960’s 224
17. Bibliography 249
18. Index 330