Edward F. Fischer is a Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University who writes on political economy, development, and culture. He is a cited expert on well-being, the Maya of Guatemala, and the German social economy.

Acknowledgments
1974

Maya Culture and Identity Politics
1980

Tecpan and PatzUn


Global Processes and PanMaya Identity Politics


Maya Identity as Lived Experience in Tecpan


Convergent Strategies and Cultural Logics


Notes

From Library Journal
In this scholarly study, Fischer (anthropology, Vanderbilt Univ.) presents a well-researched analysis of the local as well as global political implications of the resurgence of interest in Maya identity in two Kaqchikel Maya townships, Tecp n and Patz#n, both located west of Guatemala City. Fischer, who is also the editor of Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala, a collection of essays covering similar ground, perceptively examines the ways in which Maya identity has been perpetuated and reinterpreted, at both individual and collective levels, and provides supporting evidence from his field research. He also takes into consideration the perceptions of Maya self-identity embraced by the first generation of university-educated native Maya scholars. This in-depth study of the cultural identity and politics of an indigenous people should be a useful addition to anthropology and Maya studies collections in large academic libraries. Elizabeth Salt, Otterbein Coll. Lib., Westerville, OH
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Review
Clearly written and well organized, this book combines the best of traditional ethnography with a realistic context of political economy and insights about what culture is and how it works. (Choice)