LEADER 04398nam 22006734a 450 001 9910777676003321 005 20230207224655.0 010 $a0-292-79705-2 024 7 $a10.7560/706842 035 $a(CKB)1000000000456575 035 $a(OCoLC)61500865 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10217910 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000199513 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11173028 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199513 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10204503 035 $a(PQKB)10885993 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443171 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2128 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443171 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10217910 035 $a(DE-B1597)588328 035 $a(OCoLC)1286806478 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292797055 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000456575 100 $a20050125d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaya intellectual renaissance$b[electronic resource] $eidentity, representation, and leadership /$fVictor D. Montejo 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (261 p.) 225 1 $aThe Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70684-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references p. ([209]-222) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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 Menchu? -- 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. 330 $aWhen Mayan leaders protested the celebration of the Quincentenary of the "discovery" of America and joined with other indigenous groups in the Americas to proclaim an alternate celebration of 500 years of resistance, they rose to national prominence in Guatemala. This was possible in part because of the cultural, political, economic, and religious revitalization that occurred in Mayan communities in the later half of the twentieth century. Another result of the revitalization was Mayan students' enrollment in graduate programs in order to reclaim the intellectual history of the brilliant Mayan past. Victor Montejo was one of those students. This is the first book to be published outside of Guatemala where a Mayan writer other than Rigoberta Menchu discusses the history and problems of the country. It collects essays Montejo has written over the past ten years that address three critical issues facing Mayan peoples today: identity, representation, and Mayan leadership. Montejo is deeply invested in furthering the discussion of the effectiveness of Mayan leadership because he believes that self-evaluation is necessary for the movement to advance. He also criticizes the racist treatment that Mayans experience, and advocates for the construction of a more pluralistic Guatemala that recognizes cultural diversity and abandons assimilation. This volume maps a new political alternative for the future of the movement that promotes inter-ethnic collaboration alongside a reverence for Mayan culture. 410 0$aLinda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. 606 $aMayas$xIntellectual life 606 $aMayas$xEthnic identity 606 $aMaya philosophy 607 $aLatin America$xEthnic relations 607 $aLatin America$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aMayas$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aMayas$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aMaya philosophy. 676 $a305.897/42 700 $aMontejo$b Victor$f1951-$0607323 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777676003321 996 $aMaya intellectual renaissance$93810987 997 $aUNINA