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Ch'orti'-Maya survival in eastern Guatemala : indigeneity in transition /
"Scholars and Guatemalans have characterized eastern Guatemala as "Ladino" or non-Indian. The Ch'orti' do not exhibit the obvious indigenous markers found among the Mayas of western Guatemala, Chiapas, and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Few still speak Ch'orti',...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Scholars and Guatemalans have characterized eastern Guatemala as "Ladino" or non-Indian. The Ch'orti' do not exhibit the obvious indigenous markers found among the Mayas of western Guatemala, Chiapas, and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Few still speak Ch'orti', most no longer wear distinctive dress, and most community organizations have long been abandoned." "During the colonial period, the Ch'orti' region was adjacent to relatively vibrant economic regions of Central America that included major trade routes, mines, and dye plantations. In the twentieth century Ch'orti's directly experienced U.S.-backed dictatorships, a thirty-six-year civil war from start to finish, and Christian evangelization campaigns, all while their population has increased exponentially. These have had tremendous impacts on Ch'orti' identities and cultures." "From 1991 to 1993, Brent Metz lived in three Ch'orti Maya-speaking communities, learning the language, conducting household surveys, and interviewing informants. He found Ch'orti's to be ashamed of their indigeneity, and he was fortunate to be present and involved when many Ch'orti's joined the Maya Movement. He has continued to expand his ethnographic research of the Ch'orti' annually ever since and has witnessed how Ch'orti's are reformulating their history and identity."--Jacket |
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| Notas: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Albany, 1995. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 346 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-339) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826338815 082633881X 1283571196 9781283571197 9786613883643 6613883646 |