Resumo

BE-RAMIREZ, Pedro Antonio; SIMA LOZANO, Eyder Gabriel  e  GONZALEZ NERI, Adriana. Sociocultural Practices, Tourism And Identity Among The Children Of Yucatecan Migrants InCancun. LiminaR [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.2, pp.155-168. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.2536/liminar.v15i2.537.

Southern Mexico’s commercialized tourist hub Cancun draws many working migrant Mayan Indian families whose origins are based in the Eastern corn-growing region of Yucatán, an area wh. In their new social scenario, the transmission of social y cultural practices, norms and values to new generations is in constant tension with the surrounding touristic social context. From the perspective of children of migrant families, this article focuses on the roll that Mayan Culture plays in signifying practices and constructs, which offer congruency and a sense of place to their lives. Among young people there are new ways of understanding, interpreting and appropriating their “Yucatecan Maya heritage”.

Palavras-chave : internal migration; rural-urban migration; migrants; Mayan culture; social and cultural practices; identity.

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