Maya Cultural Activism in GuatemalaEdward F. Fischer, R. McKenna Brown University of Texas Press, 1996 - 245 pages Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala marks a new era in Guatemalan studies by offering an up-to-the-minute look at the pan-Maya movement and the future of the Maya people as they struggle to regain control over their cultural destiny. The successful emergence of what is in some senses a nationalism grounded in ethnicity and language has challenged scholars to reconsider their concepts of nationalism, community, and identity. Editors Edward F. Fischer and R. McKenna Brown have brought together essays by virtually all the leading U.S. experts on contemporary Maya communities and the top Maya scholars working in Guatemala today. Supplementing scholarly analysis of Mayan cultural activism is a position statement originating within the movement and more wide-ranging and personal reflections by anthropologists and linguists who have worked with the Maya over the years. Among the broader issues that come in for examination are the complex relations between U.S. Mayanists and the Mayan cultural movement, efforts to promote literacy in Mayan languages, the significance of woven textiles and native dress, the relations between language and national identity, and the cultural meanings that the present-day Maya have encountered in ancient Mayan texts and hieroglyphic writing. |
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... women fought with lances and bows and arrows : 102 Four women were prepared . They carried double - bladed lances , their bows and arrows . They found themselves in battle , always the four daughters . Their arrows reached the shield of ...
... women from the Kaqchikel area , analyzes the artistic , economic , and cultural issues implied in the acts of weaving and wearing a huipil ( a traditional blouse worn by Maya women ) . Her approach is significant because of its emphasis ...
... women's Maya garb by the Western masters of Guatemalan society : the dress of Maya women " conforms to ... ' Western ' standards of feminin- ity , " but the dress of Maya men " does not contain elements which emphasize masculinity ...
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The Mayan Language Loyalty Movement in Guatemala | 1 |
Bibliography 223 | 7 |
Figures | 18 |
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