Economics, Women, and Work in the Lacandon Jungle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11242002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Jon Mcgee, Reece J Mcgee (corresponding author), Belisa Gonzalez (0000-0002-0710-0202), Beatriz Echeveste González |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers A Journal of Women Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-9009 • E-ISSN: 1536-0334 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3347023 |
| OpenAlex | W2333152010 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The Lacandon Maya are horticulturalists who live in the rain forest of southeastern Chiapas, Mexico. They have lived and farmed in the Lacandon Jungle for hundreds of years, and in that time, their religion and social structure became closely attuned to their patterns of subsistence. Before roads were constructed into the forest, Lacandon families supported themselves through subsistence farming and the part-time sale of arts and crafts. Commerce was limited by geography and lack of transportation. With the construction of a road through the Lacandon Jungle in 1979, the Lacandon Maya began shifting increasing amounts of time and energy away from traditional subsistence farming into petty commodity production in arts and crafts.' At the same time, the Lacandon Maya have gradually shifted their traditional gender roles and abandoned their traditional non-Christian religious practices. The move from subsistence-based to commercial-based activities has affected
Archaeology · Geography · Jungle · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |