Wanna buy a basket?: Kekchi Maya women and cash economy in San Miguel, Belize

dc.contributor.author	Stepanek, Patricia A.
dc.date.accessioned	2008-11-03T19:18:01Z
dc.date.available	2008-11-03T19:18:01Z
dc.date.issued	2008-07
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1629
dc.description	A project submitted to the Department of Anthropology of Wichita State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts	en
dc.description.abstract	Global economy has had a tremendous effect on subsistence societies. A need for cash seems to touch people even in remote places. San Miguel is a poverty-stricken Kekchi Maya village in the Toledo District of southern Belize. The Kekchi Maya women of this village sell handcrafted items to supplement their household income. The cash income gained from craft sales may be improving the economic situation of many San Miguel households; however, not all households are showing economic improvement. The degree to which a woman can participate in selling handicrafts is dependent on her duties as a traditional wife and mother. These constraints might be one factor influencing economic success. Envy between those who have or have not is most likely a problem in the small village, and perceptions of an Image of Limited Good may enshroud the villagers. The problem under investigation pertains to the effect of craft sales on the household economy, when the constraints that control a traditional San Miguel Kekchi Maya woman are taken into consideration. Envy and a variety of constraints factor in, possibly perpetuate an Image of Limited Good, which probably influence the Kekchi women’s economic success from handicraft sales.	en
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Wichita State University	en
dc.subject	Kekchi Maya Indians women	en
dc.subject	Export marketing, San Miguel, Belize	en
dc.subject	Peasant societies in the contemporary world	en
dc.subject	Peasant economy	en
dc.subject	Globalization	en
dc.subject	Handicraft selling	en
dc.subject	Indian handicraft industries (Belize)	en
dc.subject	Cultural anthropology	en
dc.title	Wanna buy a basket?: Kekchi Maya women and cash economy in San Miguel, Belize	en
dc.type	Research project	en