ISBN:
0292706847
,
0292709390
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 236 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
1. ed.
Series Statement:
The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies
DDC:
305.897/42
Keywords:
Alltag, Brauchtum
;
Mayas Intellectual life
;
Mayas Ethnic identity
;
Maya philosophy
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Maya
;
Lateinamerika
;
Latin America Ethnic relations
;
Latin America Social life and customs
;
Guatemala
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Guatemala
;
Maya
;
Kulturelle Identität
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Maya identity and interethnic relations -- Pan-Mayanism: the complexity of Maya culture and the process of self-representation -- Representation via ethnography : mapping the Maya image in a Guatemalan primary-school social-studies textbook -- The multiplicity of Maya voices : Maya leadership and the politics of self-representation -- Truth, human rights, and representation : the case of Rigoberta Menchú -- The ethnohistory of Maya leadership -- Theoretical basis and strategies for Maya leadership -- Maya ways of knowing : modern Maya and the elders -- Leadership and Maya intellectuality -- Indigenous rights, security, and democracy in the Americas : the Guatemalan situation -- The twenty-first century and the future of the Maya in Guatemala.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005001967.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0621/2005001967-d.html
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