A World of Many: Ontology and Child Development Among the Maya of Southern Mexico

by Norbert Ross

A World of Many explores the world-making efforts of Tzotzil Maya children from two different localities within the municipality of Chenalh?, Chiapas. The research demonstrates children's agency in creating their worlds, while also investigating the role played by the surrounding social and physical environment. Different experiences with schooling, parenting, goals and values, but also with climate change, water scarcity, as well as racism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978830327
• ISBN13: 9781978830325
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher