| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxii, 236 p. : ill. |
| Series |
The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies |
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Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references p. ([209]-222) and index. |
| Contents |
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 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Mayas -- Intellectual life.
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Mayas -- Ethnic identity.
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Maya philosophy.
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Latin America -- Ethnic relations.
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Latin America -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0292706847 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0292709390 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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