The Jaguar and the Priest: An Ethnography of Tzeltal Souls (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)

"This book will be a classic in Maya ethnography...The field of study of Maya souls is surprisingly well tilled, but Pitarch pushes our understanding forward with the depth of his engaging descriptions and the analytic complexity he is able to capture. The data presented here are remarkably rich. Pitarch offers the sort of documentation that will make this a valuable work for years to come, and the sort of enduring ethnography that will not be dated in a few years."--Edward F. Fischer, Professor of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University This pathfinding ethnography investigates how Indian concepts of the soul offer a new way of understanding personhood and historical memory in highland Chiapas, Mexico.