Ritual Kinship, Volume I – The Structure and Historical Development of the Compadrazgo System in Rural Tlaxcala: Princeton Legacy Library

The contents include:

Abbreviations
Preface
>Part I: the Compadrazgo System of Santa Maria Belen Azitzimititlan
1. Cultural Outline of Santa Maria Belen Azitzimititlan
2. Compadrazgo in Perspective: Paradigm and Types
3. Sacrametnal Compadrazgo
4. Primary Nonsacramental Compadrazgo
>Part II: Compadrazgo Choice and the Regional System
6. Rcapitulation and Introduction
7. The Structure of Compadrazgo Choice
8. Compadrazgo Choice, Socioeconomic Status, and the Religious Hierarchy
>Part III: The Historical Development of the Ayuntamiento Religioso and the Compadrazgo System
10. The Syncretic Developement of the Ayuntamiento Religioso and the Cult of the Patron Saint (1519-1670)
>Conclusions
Appendix: A Synoptic Study of the Compadrazgo in Latin
America
Notes
Glossary
References Cited
>Originally published in 1981.

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