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From All for All
Author(s) -
LAUGHLIN ROBERT M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1995.97.3.02a00110
Subject(s) - maya , politics , history , anthropology , sociology , ethnology , archaeology , political science , law
The script of a Highland Mayan play is introduced by an account of the founding and evolution of a Mayan performance group known as the Monkey Business Theatre. The play From All for All dramatizes the economic, social, and political forces that caused the Zapatistas to rise up and the Chiapas rain forests to fall. The role of the anthropologist as dramaturge and impresario, accompanying but not directing Maya colleagues, is explored.