From Corn to Cash
Change and Continuity within Mayan Families
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2474675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzanne Gaskin (0000-0001-8801-1895, Northeastern Illinois University, corresponding author), Suzanne Gaskins |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 248-273 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-2131 • E-ISSN: 1548-1352 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/eth.2003.31.2.248 |
| OpenAlex | W2026566382 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 17 |
Dramatic changes in the mode of production in a community often lead to parallel changes in the home and thus significantly disrupt socialization practices and children's everyday lives. This article describes a case among Yucatec Maya corn farmers in which this did not happen. Over 20 years, several external factors made corn farming alone untenable for most families and spurred a change in mode of production. The response was to manipulate new economic opportunities to maximize the conservation of the family structure and the pattern of daily life, which maintained children's traditional position in the familly as workers and child caregivers. A comparison of these Mayan children's daily activities in 1980 and 2000 demonstrates a remarkable continuity in the face of significant economic change
Business · Cash · Economics · Everyday life · Face (sociological concept) · Mode of production · Political science · Position (finance) · Production (economics) · Social science · Socialization · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education · Indigenous Studies in Latin America · Latin American rural development
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |