Cultural consequences of migration and identity change in a tzotzil community, Zinacantán, Chiapas, México.

Authors

  • Jorge Mercado-Mondragón

Abstract

In this research, the consequences of international migration are
analyzed in an indigenous location: Zinacantán, a Tzotzil
community in the state of Chiapas. The following repercussions
are specifically studied: on language, on the conformation of new
economic structures, on reproduction guidelines, on the new places
for socio-cultural pattern reproduction, on the charges system,
on ceremonial life, agricultural systems, rural work organization,
on family structure, on social relations networks, education,
communal organization, and on the symbolic sphere.

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2008-03-03

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Mercado-Mondragón, J. (2008). Cultural consequences of migration and identity change in a tzotzil community, Zinacantán, Chiapas, México. Agricultura, Sociedad Y Desarrollo, 5(1), 19–38. Retrieved from https://www.revista-asyd.org/index.php/asyd/article/view/1067

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2008): Agricultura Sociedad y Desarrollo

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