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Entanglements of the Maya Universe

Life, Society, and Cosmos among the K'iche' of Momostenango

Alonso Zamora Corona

226 pages, 21 ills., bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-83695-026-4 $135.00/£104.00 / Hb / Published (July 2025)

eISBN 978-1-83695-027-1 eBook

https://doi.org/10.3167/9781836950264


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“This book constitutes an outstanding anthropological work delving on the current cosmo-sociopolitical configurations by K’iche’ Maya. It is full of keen observations ... an effervescent account of current local political and cultural nonlinear transformations.” • Alessandro Questa Rebolledo, Universidad Iberoamericana

“Drawing on the philosophical insights of computer scientist Douglas Hofstadter, the author charts a new path for understanding non-Western cosmologies and their role in Indigenous societies, such as those of the Maya of Guatemala and Mexico. His arguments are subtle, complex, and well illustrated with anecdotes from fieldwork in Momostenango and interesting moments in the ethnohistory of the K’iche’. Altogether, Zamora Corona provides much rich and provocative material for contemplating the nature and place of cosmology in ethnography. Recommended.” Choice

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Cosmology or cosmological ideas are often sought to solve problems in our daily lives. This book aims to rethink the topic of cosmology in anthropology through an ethnographic description of the many entanglements of cosmological ideas and the personal and political lives of individuals within the K’iche’ Maya community of Momostenango, Guatemala. It addresses the question of why they turn to cosmology in an everyday context and how it is powerful and efficient for them. It also shows the way Indigenous cosmological ideas are echoed by contemporary philosophical and scientific conceptions.

Alonso Rodrigo Zamora Corona teaches Ethnology at the National School of Anthropology and History in Mexico. His research interests are in Indigenous cosmologies, ontology and Indigenous writing systems in Mesoamerica.

Subject: Anthropology (General)Cultural Studies (General)Sociology
Area: North America


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