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 Long Count begins on a dateof unknown importance that corresponds tothe Gregorian date 11 August3114 B.C. The passing of time since that date is counted in the following periods: Q'ij (1 day), Winäq(20 days), Tun (360 days), K ...
... by Maya. Finally, this volume is dedicated to theMaya scholars who grace its pages andthe many morelike them whohave dedicatedtheirlives tothe practiceofanthropology. Notes We would like to thank Steve Elliot, Guisela Acensio,
... the Maya tobe60 percent ofthe1991 population, and Tzian (1994) estimates the1993 Maya population as 61 percentofthe total. The latterfigures are mostoften citedby Maya scholarsthemselves. 4. Forfurther information on theMaya position in ...
... theMaya demands for revindication. It consists ofthree parts. In thefirst,a summaryanalysis is given ofthe ethnicreality of Guatemala and the assimilationist and hybridist ideologies thatjustifythe oppression and dismantling ofthe ...
... the Maya to follow in the midst of the Guatemalan state. National rights are emphasized over socialrights because this ... TheMaya, who speak languages ofthe Mayan family, are divided among thirty ethnic communities or nationalities that ...
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The Mayan Language Loyalty Movement in Guatemala | |
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