In Search of Providence: Transnational Mayan Identities

by Patricia Foxen

Book Overview

Traveling back and forth between the Guatemalan highlands and Providence, Rhode Island, the author followed the migration paths of a community of K'iche' Indians, often acting as a courier to bring news and photographs to families. As several said to the author, Now you have lived with your own skin what we have gone through, only you can leave at any time.

This ethnography juxtaposes the context of post-war reconstruction at home, shaped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826515819
• ISBN13: 9780826515810
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"