Maya ethnolinguistic identity [[electronic resource] ] : violence, cultural rights, and modernity in highland Guatemala / / Brigittine M. French

• Autore: French Brigittine M
• Pubblicazione: Tucson, : University of Arizona Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.80097281
• Soggetto topico: Mayas - Ethnic identity; Mayas - Languages; Mayas - Violence against; Anthropological linguistics - Guatemala; Mayan languages - Guatemala; Language and culture - Guatemala; Politics and culture - Guatemala
• Soggetto geografico: Guatemala Social conditions; Guatemala Ethnic relations; Guatemala Politics and government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-155) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : language ideologies, collective identities, and the politics of exclusion -- The paradox of ethnolinguistic identity : essentialisms, state-sponsored violence, and cultural righs -- Political linguistics : expert linguists and modernist epistemologies in the Guatemalan nation -- Traditional histories, local selves, and challenges to linguistic unification -- Modernity and local linguistic ideologies in Chimaltenango -- Traditional Maya women and linguistic reproduction -- Conclusion : vernacular modernities and the objectification of tradition.
• Titolo autorizzato: Maya ethnolinguistic identity
• ISBN: 1-299-19135-5; 0-8165-0113-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457332003321
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