The modern Maya

About this book

Modern Maya strive to maintain their culture and way of life despite centuries of political, social, and environmental disruption. The author/photographer shows the homes and lives of farmers and chicle gatherers, ranch hands and henequen workers, as well as the Mayan-speaking urbanites who work at the resorts on the Riviera Maya. A way of life that was centered around the milpa (farm) and the cultivation of tropical forest products has been transformed by the effects of NAFTA, tourism, the evangelical movement, world trade and maquiladoras, racism, sexism, and drugs.