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Maya cultural activism in Guatemala / edited by Edward F. Fischer and R. McKenna Brown.

Other author/creatorFischer, Edward F., 1966-
Other author/creatorBrown, R. McKenna, 1954-
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press/Institute of Latin American Studies, 1996.
Descriptionviii, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Critical reflections on Latin America series
Critical reflections on Latin America series. ^A258358
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.
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-239) and index.
LCCN 96028480
ISBN0292708505 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0292708513 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F1435.3.E72 M39 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold