A Contracorriente: Revista de Historia Social y Literatura en América Latina, 2010
... a range of complex social geographies, which can be divided not only into jurisdictional unit... more ... a range of complex social geographies, which can be divided not only into jurisdictional units, but into categories of the Bolivian social imagi ... and provide a reference point for public debates over everything from the sequential ordering of dance troupes during Carnival in Oruro ...
The books in my “Maya literature ” collection are written by authors and scholars who identify th... more The books in my “Maya literature ” collection are written by authors and scholars who identify themselves as Maya, as members of the indigenous civilizations that have occupied the highlands, coasts, and cloud forests of Central America for more than three millennia before the arrival of European colonists or the birth of the creole / mestizo nations of the Americas. Some Maya authors write in Spanish or English in order to reach a broader audience. Others write in any of the twenty-one distinct Mayan languages spoken today in Guatemala. Although I consider it my most valued collection, in fact it remains relatively small, constrained by the difficulties of transporting each new addition across the mountainous terrain of Guatemala and back home each summer. My policy for packing each May is to take clothing that I won’t mind leaving abroad, in order to make room for more books in my luggage on the flight home. However, the size of my collection is also limited by the relative scarci...
Page 1. FAMILY PLANNING AND THE THAI FERTILITY DECLINE: APPLYING A CULTURAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSI... more Page 1. FAMILY PLANNING AND THE THAI FERTILITY DECLINE: APPLYING A CULTURAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS Doc M. Billingsley Millsaps College Jackson, Mississippi Abstract. This paper represents the marriage of two research projects that I conducted as ...
A Contracorriente: Revista de Historia Social y Literatura en América Latina, 2010
... a range of complex social geographies, which can be divided not only into jurisdictional unit... more ... a range of complex social geographies, which can be divided not only into jurisdictional units, but into categories of the Bolivian social imagi ... and provide a reference point for public debates over everything from the sequential ordering of dance troupes during Carnival in Oruro ...
The books in my “Maya literature ” collection are written by authors and scholars who identify th... more The books in my “Maya literature ” collection are written by authors and scholars who identify themselves as Maya, as members of the indigenous civilizations that have occupied the highlands, coasts, and cloud forests of Central America for more than three millennia before the arrival of European colonists or the birth of the creole / mestizo nations of the Americas. Some Maya authors write in Spanish or English in order to reach a broader audience. Others write in any of the twenty-one distinct Mayan languages spoken today in Guatemala. Although I consider it my most valued collection, in fact it remains relatively small, constrained by the difficulties of transporting each new addition across the mountainous terrain of Guatemala and back home each summer. My policy for packing each May is to take clothing that I won’t mind leaving abroad, in order to make room for more books in my luggage on the flight home. However, the size of my collection is also limited by the relative scarci...
Page 1. FAMILY PLANNING AND THE THAI FERTILITY DECLINE: APPLYING A CULTURAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSI... more Page 1. FAMILY PLANNING AND THE THAI FERTILITY DECLINE: APPLYING A CULTURAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS Doc M. Billingsley Millsaps College Jackson, Mississippi Abstract. This paper represents the marriage of two research projects that I conducted as ...
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