Zapotec Deviance

Zapotec Deviance
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 185
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ISBN-10 : 9781477302965
ISBN-13 : 1477302964
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Download or read book Zapotec Deviance written by Henry A. Selby and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Selby's ethnographic study of the Zapotec Indians of a small community in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, reveals that the notion of the social basis of deviance is implicit in Zapotec thinking. Zapotecs recognize that crime and deviance arise out of society, and their methods of reducing criminal behavior are based on social networks and their dynamics. Professor Selby's consideration of witchcraft and deviant sexual behavior among the Zapotecs demonstrates how a deeper understanding of the rules upon which their society is based is necessary to an understanding of Zapotec ideas of deviance. The intent of this study is to show how in a contemporary traditional community the logic of the interactionist approach to the understanding of deviance has been borne out in detail. The transcultural comparisons, in many instances, can lead us to reexamine our own ideas about law and order.


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