Mayas in the Marketplace: Tourism, Globalization, and Cultural Identity

by Walter E. Little

Book Overview

2005 -- Best Book Award - New England Council of Latin American Studies

Selling handicrafts to tourists has brought the Maya peoples of Guatemala into the world market. Vendors from rural communities now offer their wares to more than 500,000 international tourists annually in the marketplaces of larger cities such as Antigua, Guatemala City, Panajachel, and Chichicastenango. Like businesspeople anywhere, Maya artisans analyze the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292705670
• ISBN13: 9780292705678
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.9"