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Faces of Resistance : Maya Heroes, Power, and Identity /

"The Maya have faced innumerable and constant challenges to their cultural identities in the last 500 years, from the subjugation of the contact and colonial periods, to the brutality of state-sponsored violence in Guatemala and the introduction of new global technologies. Oral tradition plays...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kistler, S. Ashley, 1978- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Maya Heroes, Resistance, and Identity / S. Ashley Kistler
  • Tekun Umam : Maya Hero, K'iche' Hero / Judith M. Maxwell and Ixnal Ambrocia Cuma Chávez
  • Unsung Heroes : Cahí Ymox, Belehe Qat, and Kaqchikel Resistance to the Spanish Invasion of Guatemala, 1524-1540 / W. George Lovell and Christopher H. Lutz
  • Discovering Aj Poop B'atz' : Collaborative Ethnography and the Exploration of Q'eqchi' Identity / S. Ashley Kistler
  • The Man at the Crossroads : Mapla's Sojuel, Ancestral Guardian of Tz'utujil-Mayas / Allen J. Christenson
  • Jacinto Pat and the Talking Cross : Caste War Heroes in the Yucatán Peninsula / Stephanie J. Litka
  • The Hero Cult of Carrillo Puerto Versus the Maya Heroes Who Were Not Heroes : Historical Memory, Local Leadership, and the Pathology of Politics in Yucatán / Fernando Armstrong-Fumero
  • Heroines of Health Care : Germana Catu and Maya Midwives / David Carey Jr.
  • Rebellious Dignity : Remembering Maya Women and Resistance in the Guatemalan Armed Conflict / Betsy Konefal
  • "We Will No Longer Yield an Inch of Our Identity" : Antonio Pop Caal, 1941-2002 / Abigail E. Adams
  • "There Are No Heroes"/"We're All Heroes" : Kaqchikel Vendors' Reflections on National Holidays and National Heroes / Walter E. Little.