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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press, Institute of Latin American Studies,
1996.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Critical reflections on Latin America series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.