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xviii, 166 pages : 22 cm, This 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. The author'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, Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index, The study of deviance -- Values and social groups in the community -- Deviance and the social structure -- Ideologies and the definition of sexual deviance -- Witchcraft in the community -- Witchcraft and the process of labelin

Author
Selby, Henry A, None
Publisher
Austin : University of Texas Press
Published
1974
Language
EN
ISBN
9781477302958
Subjects
Sociology, History, Anthropology

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