Maya Ethnolinguistic Identity : Violence, Cultural Rights, and Modernity in Highland Guatemala /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: French, Brigittine M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and culture > Guatemala.
Language and culture > Guatemala.
Mayan languages > Guatemala.
Anthropological linguistics > Guatemala.
Mayas > Violence against.
Mayas > Languages.
Mayas > Ethnic identity.
Guatemala > Politics and government.
Guatemala > Ethnic relations.
Guatemala > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : language ideologies, collective identities, and the politics of exclusion
  • The paradox of ethnolinguistic identity : essentialisms, state-sponsored violence, and cultural righs
  • Political linguistics : expert linguists and modernist epistemologies in the Guatemalan nation
  • Traditional histories, local selves, and challenges to linguistic unification
  • Modernity and local linguistic ideologies in Chimaltenango
  • Traditional Maya women and linguistic reproduction
  • Conclusion : vernacular modernities and the objectification of tradition.

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