Conversion in Central Quintana Roo

Changes in Religion, Community, Economy and Nutrition in a Maya Village

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ID12799352
AuthorsAmber O’Connor (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume15
Issue1
Pages77-91
Publication date2012-01-30
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFood Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1552-8014 • E-ISSN: 1751-7443
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2752/175174412x13190510221986
OpenAlexW2748051163
LanguageIT
Citations received1
References cited22

In this paper, I address questions formed during fieldwork in Maya villages in Quintana Roo during the summers of 2008 and 2009. In the summer of 2008, I found an interesting point of intersection between groups of Maya syncretic Catholic beliefs and evangelical Protestantism, focusing on the change from farming and community to wage labor and the rise of the individual. This change is the first conversion that may well be “conquering” the native belief systems of this area known for its participation in the Caste War and its legacy of resistance. What I am finding is that as people leave traditional religions behind, they often leave traditional foods behind as a way of publicly distancing themselves from their indigeneity. Due to minimal access to “fresh” foods at the small convenience stores in this community. breaking with tradition seems to lead to reduced nutrition

Agriculture · Archaeology · Caste · Distancing · Ethnology · Geography · Intersection (aeronautics · Maya · Political science · Resistance (ecology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Wage · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Ecology

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