Converting Words : Maya in the Age of the Cross /

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This pathbreaking synthesis of history, anthropology, and linguistics gives an unprecedented view of the first two hundred years of the Spanish colonization of the Yucatec Maya. Drawing on an extraordinary range and depth of sources, William F. Hanks documents for the first time the crucial role pla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanks, William F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Catholic Church
Église catholique > Missions > Mexique > Yucatán (État)
Catholic Church > Missions > Mexico > Yucatan (State)
Catholic Church > Missions > Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Missions
Mayas > Religion
Interfaith relations
Colonies > Administration
Christianity and culture
Christianity
Catechisms, Spanish
Spanish colonies.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
RELIGION > Ethnic & Tribal.
Christianisme > Relations > Mexique > Yucatán (État)
Mayas > Colonisation.
Mayas > Religion.
Catechisms, Spanish.
Spanish language > Mexico > Yucatán (State) > Influence on Maya.
Maya language > Mexico > Yucatán (State) > Influence on Spanish.
Christianity and culture > Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Christianity and other religions > Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Mayas > Colonization.
Spain
Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Mexico
America.
Espagne > Colonies > Amerique > Administration.
Mexique > Histoire > 1540-1810 (Colonie espagnole)
Spain > Colonies > America > Administration.
Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This pathbreaking synthesis of history, anthropology, and linguistics gives an unprecedented view of the first two hundred years of the Spanish colonization of the Yucatec Maya. Drawing on an extraordinary range and depth of sources, William F. Hanks documents for the first time the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Converting Words includes origi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (472 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520944916

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