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Maya cultural activism in Guatemala /

"An important collection of essays on Mayan activism. Included are pieces by native and non-native scholars reviewing Guatemalan history, ethnic violence, peasant and indigenous cultural resistance to the State, material culture, development, and literacy. Each article brings to the fore a conc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fischer, Edward F., 1966-, Brown, R. McKenna, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, Institute of Latin American Studies, 1996.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Critical reflections on Latin America series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Maya cultural activism in Guatemala / Edward F. Fischer and R. McKenna Brown
  • Politics of Maya revindication / Demetrio Cojti Cuxil
  • Induced culture change as a strategy for socioeconomic development: the Pan-Maya movement in Guatemala / Edward F. Fischer
  • Maya culture and the politics of development / Raxche (Demetrio Rodriguez Guajan)
  • Reading history as resistance: Maya public intellectuals in Guatemala / Kay B. Warren
  • Discourse of concealment and 1992 / Enrique Sam Colop
  • Old writing and new messages: the role of hieroglyphic literacy in Maya cultural activism / Circe Sturm.
  • Workshop for Maya on hieroglyphic writing / Linda Schele and Nikolai Grube
  • Maya clothing and identity / Irma Otzoy
  • Women, weaving, and education in Maya revitalization / Carol Hendrickson
  • Mayan language loyalty movement in Guatemala / R. McKenna Brown
  • Role of language standardization in revitalization / Nora C. England
  • Prescriptive grammar and Kaqchikel revitalization / Judith M. Maxwell
  • Maya education: a historical and contemporary analysis of Mayan language education policy / Julia Becker Richards and Michael Richards.