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On Being and Becoming: Re-thinking Identity Through Female Indigenous Artisans in Guatemala

Williamston, Shabria A
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-275X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535636928044626

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2018, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Anthropology.
Within the past twenty years the international community has gained a newfound interest in Guatemala, specifically in the lives and culture of its indigenous groups, collectively referred to as “The Maya.” Although a supposedly long-standing Maya heritage is promoted and sold to tourists by means of artisan goods and archeological sites, Maya-ness is a recent socio-cultural construction. Many indigenous individuals choose to espouse Maya-ness in the hopes of establishing an indigenous identity which is minimally attached to a longstanding history of oppression via Western imperialism and colonization. For others, Maya-ness is not a desirable alternative to their current indio status, yet they occasionally embrace it for political inclusion and economic gain. As female indigenous artisans serve as the promotional face of and primary labor force behind the Pan-Maya movement, this project explores various constructions of indigeneity Guatemala specifically with regards to how those constructions impact the lives of these artisans. By highlighting how certain identifiers benefit or disadvantage indigenous women in Guatemala, this thesis hopes to encourage personal and institutional reforms that promote the acceptance of all manifestations of indigeneity.
C. Jeffrey Jacobson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Leila Rodriguez Soto, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
60 p.
Cultural Anthropology
Identity; Indigenous; Indigeneity; Maya; Guatemala; Women

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  • Williamston, S. A. (2018). On Being and Becoming: Re-thinking Identity Through Female Indigenous Artisans in Guatemala [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535636928044626

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Williamston, Shabria. On Being and Becoming: Re-thinking Identity Through Female Indigenous Artisans in Guatemala. 2018. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535636928044626.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Williamston, Shabria. "On Being and Becoming: Re-thinking Identity Through Female Indigenous Artisans in Guatemala." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535636928044626

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