Mayan literacy reinvention in Guatemala /

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Through this investigation, the promises and pitfalls of a literacy-revitalization endeavor are detailed and our understanding of the concept of literacy is reexamined.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Holbrock, Mary J., 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Mayas > Languages > Social aspects.
Mayan languages > Social aspects > Guatemala.
Languages in contact > Guatemala.
Literacy > Social aspects > Guatemala > History.
Mayas > Guatemala > Government relations.
Mayas > Languages > Writing.
Literacy programs > Guatemala.
Mayas > Langues > Aspect social.
Langues maya-quiché > Aspect social > Guatemala.
Langues en contact > Guatemala.
Mayas > Guatemala > Relations avec l'État.
Mayas > Langues > Écriture.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Native American Languages.
Languages in contact
Literacy programs
Literacy > Social aspects
Mayan languages > Social aspects
Mayas > Government relations
Guatemala
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • History of Mayan literacy
  • Oral and written uses of Mayan languages
  • Issues of personal literacy use in the Mayan communities
  • Print media in Mayan languages
  • Environmental print
  • Mayan literacy in education
  • Weaving the threads of Mayan literacy
  • Afterword.

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