Being Indian in Ciudad de Guatemala












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            * Marek Halbich
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            Abstrakt

            This article first briefly presents the history of the Guatemala main cities in the contex
            of dichotomization of Guatemalan society, which is nowadays divided into two equally numer
            and social groups: native (Indian), represented mainly by the most numerous Mayan ethnic g

            Kaqchikel, Keqchí, Mam), and Ladino (mixed white/Creole-Indian). In the next part, I discu
            sociological and anthropological works on Guatemala City. Finally, I address how the formi
            of “being Indian” in the capital of Central American Guatemala has been constructed. Here 

            review of the vast ethnographic work of Guatemalan social anthropologist Manuela Camus wit
            reflection.


            Klíčová slova
            Ciudad de Guatemala/Guatemala City, Indians, Ladino People, ethnicity, urban anthropology


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