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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954510003321

Autore

Metz Brent E

Titolo

Ch'orti'-Maya survival in eastern Guatemala : indigeneity in transition / / Brent E. Metz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2006

ISBN

9786613883643

9781283571197

1283571196

9780826338815

082633881X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Disciplina

972.8100497/428

972.8100497428

Soggetti

Chorti Indians - History

Chorti Indians - Social conditions

Chorti Indians - Politics and government

Guatemala Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Albany, 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-339) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: What's indigenous, what's Maya? -- In search of indigeneity in eastern Guatemala -- History of the Jocotán Parish, 1524-1930 -- Las ruinas -- A sense of centrality -- The dis-integration of subsistence cultures -- Excluded from "nuestra patria Guatemala," our fatherland -- New opportunities, identities, and challenges in the global market -- The Ch'orti' Maya movement -- Conclusion: Indigenous Maya Ch'orti's.

Sommario/riassunto

An ethnographic study of the Ch'orti' Maya of Guatemala and their reformulation of their history and identity.