Culture and Customs of Guatemala
A needed resource on Guatemalans today--their ethnic makeup, history, religions, social customs, media, literature, cinema, performing arts, and contemporary art.
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Culture and Customs of Guatemala
A needed resource on Guatemalans today--their ethnic makeup, history, religions, social customs, media, literature, cinema, performing arts, and contemporary art.
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Culture and Customs of Guatemala

Culture and Customs of Guatemala

by Maureen E. Shea
Culture and Customs of Guatemala

Culture and Customs of Guatemala

by Maureen E. Shea

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A needed resource on Guatemalans today--their ethnic makeup, history, religions, social customs, media, literature, cinema, performing arts, and contemporary art.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313089251
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/30/2000
Series: Culture and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

MAUREEN E. SHEA is Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. She is also affiliated with the Latin American Studies and the Women's Studies programs. She has published frequently on Central American Literature and Latin American Women Writers. She is the author of Women as Outsiders: Undercurrents of Oppression in Latin American Women's Novels (1993).

Table of Contents

Series Forewordix
Acknowledgmentsxi
Introductionxiii
Chronologyxvii
1History, Geography and Demographics1
2Religion29
3Social Customs37
4Broadcasting and Print Media65
5Cinema71
6Literature75
7Performing Arts105
8Contemporary Art and Architecture/Housing119
Glossary131
Bibliography135
Index147
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