"Most anthropologists who have lived among other people . . . feel a periodic need to go back," writes Philip A. Dennis in the introduction to this book. "Fieldwork gives you a stake in
This translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life.For Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, the remain
In the 1980s, conflicts between the Miskito people of Nicaragua’s eastern coast and the Sandinistas drew international attention. Indeed, the Miskitos’ struggle to defend their cultural autonomy and
