| Autor: |
Lengyel, Thomas E. |
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Wisconsin Sociologist; Spring/Summer1979, Vol. 16 Issue 2/3, p81-90, 10p, 1 Chart, 1 Map |
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This article examines the social and cultural foundations of religious factionalism in a Mayan society in northeastern Highlands of Guatemala. Ixil society constitutes a sub-part of Guatemalan national society, the relationship of local and national society fitting well with Stavenhagen's concept of internal colonialism. Ixil society is clearly distinct from the other local Indian societies which surround it in the isolated area and is opposed to them in a social structural sense. In addition to the primarily monolingual Ixil Indians, many Ixil communities include Ladinos whose primary allegiance is to national rather than local cultural norms. Religious factionalism is characteristic of Indian society but crucially involves relations with Ladinos and the status and class contrast which generally accords Ladinos a superordinate position. Religious affiliation in Ixil society has three valences: gente de costumbre, catequista and evangélico. Ixil Indians are highly conscious of religious factionalism, as linguistic behavior and the political idiomatization of religion testify. Factional affiliation has become the basis for advancing and supporting candidates for political office in some of the aldeas. Religious factionalism correlates with a degree of separateness in social behavior and it embodies deeper social and cultural differences. |
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