Fieldwork Among the Zapotec Culture in Mexico
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La Zandunga is a personal account by author Beverly Newbold Chinas of her field work among the Zapotec culture in Mexico primarily during 1966-67. The process by which Chinas comes to understand the Zapotec culture is one fraught with trial-and-error and misunderstanding on both sides. In her first days in El Centro, Chinas acts as observer and inquisitor in the crowded marketplace that has a life all its own. Her early experiences demonstrate how other cultures are often suspicious of such efforts. She is thought a spy by some of the market-goers and an angry elderly woman informs her she knows she has come to help the government raise taxes. Despite these rocky beginnings, even at this point in her work the author discovers some valuable insights about Zapotec culture. She learns the difference between U.S. time and ôMexican timeö, she learns that market women are considered ôlow class nobodiesö, and she learns that despite cultural differences it is possible to develop friendships - Jonsa, Leonzo, Alberta, (Chin
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Approximate Word count = 711
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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