Maya cultural activism in Guatemala
Print Book, English, 1996
University of Texas Press, Institute of Latin American Studies, Austin, 1996
VIII, 245 p. 24 cm.
9780292708501, 9780292708518, 0292708505, 0292708513
431738158
Acronyms1. Introduction: Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala (Edward F. Fischer and R. McKenna Brown)2. The Politics of Maya Revindication (Demetrio Cojtí Cuxil)3. Induced Culture Change as a Strategy for Socioeconomic Development: The Pan-Maya Movement in Guatemala (Edward F. Fischer)4. Maya Culture and the Politics of Development (Raxche' [Demetrio Rodriguez Guaján])5. Reading History as Resistance: Maya Public Intellectuals in Guatemala (Kay B. Warren6. The Discourse of Concealment and 1992 (Enrique Sam Colop)7. Old Writing and New Messages: The Role of Hieroglyphic Literacy in Maya Cultural Activism (Circe Sturm)8. The Workshop for Maya on Hieroglyphic Writing (Linda Schele and Nikolai Grube)9. Maya Clothing and Identity (Irma Otzoy)10. Women, Weaving, and Education in Maya Revitalization (Carol Hendrickson)11. The Mayan Language Loyalty Movement in Guatemala (R. McKenna Brown)12. The Role of Language Standardization in Revitalization (Nora C. England)13. Prescriptive Grammar and Kaqchikel Revitalization (Judith M. Maxwell)14. Maya Education: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis of Mayan Language Education Policy (Julia Becker Richards and Michael Richards)BibliographyIndex