CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS IX
3. PLATES XI
4. MAPS XII
5. FIGURES XII
6. PREFACE XIII
7. I. Introduction 1
8. 2. A Woman's Place . . . 12
9. 3. The Entertainers 46
10. 4. iBomba! 68
11. 5. Chamula: Crazy February! 84
12. 6. Pandora's Box 127
13. 7. The Moral Dimension of Ritual Humor 145
14. 8. Metaphors of Social Criticism 158
15. 9. Ritual Humor in Space and Time 167
16. 10. The Social Meaning of Ritual Humor 219
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 225
18. INDEX 239