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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452245903321

Autore

Montejo Victor <1951->

Titolo

Maya intellectual renaissance [[electronic resource] ] : identity, representation, and leadership / / Victor D. Montejo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2005

ISBN

0-292-79705-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies

Disciplina

305.897/42

Soggetti

Mayas - Intellectual life

Mayas - Ethnic identity

Maya philosophy

Electronic books.

Latin America Ethnic relations

Latin America Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references p. ([209]-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Maya identity and interethnic relations -- Pan-Mayanism : the complexity of Maya culture and the process of self-representation -- Representation via ethnography : mapping the Maya image in a Guatemalan primary-school social-studies textbook -- The multiplicity of Maya voices : Maya leadership and the politics of self-representation -- Truth, human rights, and representation : the case of Rigoberta Menchú -- The ethnohistory of Maya leadership -- Theoretical basis and strategies for Maya leadership -- Maya ways of knowing : modern Maya and the elders -- Leadership and Maya intellectuality -- Indigenous rights, security, and democracy in the Americas : the Guatemalan situation -- The twenty-first century and the future of the Maya in Guatemala.