| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Critical reflections on Latin America series |
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Critical reflections on Latin America series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-239) and index. |
| 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 |
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concealment and 1992 / Enrique Sam Colop -- Old writing and new messages: the role of hieroglyphic literacy in Maya cultural activism / Circe Sturm. |
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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 |
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of Mayan language education policy / Julia Becker Richards and Michael Richards. |
| Subject |
Mayas -- Ethnic identity.
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Mayas -- Social life and customs.
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Mayas -- Politics and government.
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Ethnicity -- Guatemala.
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Guatemala -- Politics and government.
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Guatemala -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Fischer, Edward F., 1966-
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Brown, R. McKenna, 1954-
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| ISBN |
0292708505 cloth alkaline paper |
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0292708513 paperback alkaline paper |
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