| Type of Document |
Thesis |
| Author |
Stanley, Erik Nathaniel
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| Author's Email Address |
Erikstanley@gmail.com |
| URN |
etd-11122005-222108 |
| Title |
Native Soil: An Ethnography of Value Among Masewal Peasants of Cayo, Belize |
| Degree |
Master of Arts |
| Department |
Anthropology, Department of |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Uzendoski |
Committee Chair |
| Grindal |
Committee Member |
| Klooster |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
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| Date of Defense |
2005-10-28 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
My research focuses on the Maya (Masewal) peasants of Cayo, Belize in the villages of Bullet Tree Falls and Santa Familia. The principle aim of this thesis is to examine the livelihood strategies of the farmers within a context of social value. Values underlie social action and their expression in daily activities provides a means for the analysis of culture. Informed by this perspective, this ethnography examines issues of identity, time, land and economics in order to understand how different farmers construct a livelihood based on their internal constellation of values. This analysis incorporates both a symbolic and materialist perspective in order to provide a more holistic representation of culture. I argue that cultivation processes that Maya peasants employ in order to make a living are shaped by their cultural conception of the relationship between humans and nature. Understanding how this interaction occurs in daily life provides a glimpse of how Maya peasants enact their vision of the “good life.”
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