The Isthmus Zapotecs : a matrifocal culture of Mexico /

This case study has long been valued for its unique gender role model and its focus on the only matrifocal indigenous culture in Latin America. The new edition updates historical data and explores new case material on Zapotec attitudes toward gender variations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chiñas, Beverly
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, ©1992.
Edition:	2nd edition.
Series:	Case studies in cultural anthropology.
Subjects:	Zapotec Indians > Social life and customs. Zapotec women. Sex role > Mexico > Tehuantepec, Isthmus of. Indian women > Mexico. Ethnology > Case studies. Zapotec Indians > Case studies. Ethnology. Indians of North America. Women. Anthropology, Cultural Ethnology Indians, North American Role Women Mexico Zapotèques > Mœurs et coutumes. Femmes des Peuples autochtones > Mexique. Ethnologie > Études de cas. Zapotèques > Études de cas. Zapotèques > Femmes. Rôle selon le sexe > Mexique > Tehuantepec, Isthme de. Femmes zapotèques. Ethnologie. Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord. Femmes. women (female humans) Indian women. Sex role. Zapotec Indians. Mexico. Mexico > Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Börngen Soziale Rolle Zapoteken Frau Zapotèques > Moeurs et coutumes. Rôle selon le sexe > Mexique. Zapoteken. Sex role > Mexico > Tehuantepec, Isthmus of Zapotec Indians > Social life and customs Zapotec women Case Reports Case studies. Études de cas.

Table of Contents:

Wind, water, mountain, and plain : the physical setting
Binni Gula'sa : prehistory and history
San Juan evangelista today
The subsistence base
Rhythms of Zapotec peasant life
Religion and ritual
Social relations in nonritual contexts
Isthmus Zapotec matrifocality
In-betweens : a third gender.