Maya Cultural Activism in GuatemalaEdward F. Fischer, R. McKenna Brown University of Texas Press, 28 juin 2010 - 255 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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... the Maya revitalization movement (Wilson 1993; Sturm, this volume), or, simply, the Maya movement (el movimiento Introduction: Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala Edward F Fischer and R McKenna Brown.
... the Maya movement (el movimiento maya) being the preferred term among Maya activists themselves). This diversity in nomenclature reflects both themany facets ofthe movement andthe varied views on the natureand impactofits efforts ...
... theMaya people,for manyof its critiques of the present Guatemalan state are based on historico cultural comparisons. Inestablishing the historicaland cultural basis for theirpolitical agenda, Mayascholars have tended toward the sort of ...
... theMaya speak for themselvesalongside foreignsocial scientists. The differences between Maya and North American scholarshipare many, aswill beapparent tothe readerin the following chapters. Themost conspicuous difference issimply in the ...
... the Maya people as a whole. Their ends are, ofcourse, twofold, and the politicalis at least as importantas the poetic. Thisduality is mirrored inthe value of contemporary Mayascholarship: itis at once studied social analysis and primary ...
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The Mayan Language Loyalty Movement in Guatemala | |
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