Maya Ethnolinguistic Identity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Maya Ethnolinguistic Identity write by Brigittine M. French. This book was released on 2010-04-15. Maya Ethnolinguistic Identity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this valuable book, ethnographer and anthropologist Brigittine French mobilizes new critical-theoretical perspectives in linguistic anthropology, applying them to the politically charged context of contemporary Guatemala. Beginning with an examination of the Ònationalist projectÓ that has been ongoing since the end of the colonial period, French interrogates the ÒGuatemalan/indigenous binary.Ó In Guatemala, ÒLadinoÓ refers to the Spanish-speaking minority of the population, who are of mixed European, usually Spanish, and indigenous ancestry; ÒIndianÓ is understood to mean the majority of GuatemalaÕs population, who speak one of the twenty-one languages in the Maya linguistic groups of the country, although levels of bilingualism are very high among most Maya communities. As French shows, the Guatemalan state has actively promoted a racialized, essentialized notion of ÒIndiansÓ as an undifferentiated, inherently inferior group that has stood stubbornly in the way of national progress, unity, and developmentÑwhich are, implicitly, the goals of Òtrue GuatemalansÓ (that is, Ladinos). French shows, with useful examples, how constructions of language and collective identity are in fact strategies undertaken to serve the goals of institutions (including the government, the military, the educational system, and the church) and social actors (including linguists, scholars, and activists). But by incorporating in-depth fieldwork with groups that speak Kaqchikel and KÕicheÕ along with analyses of Spanish-language discourses, Maya Ethnolinguistic Identity also shows how some individuals in urban, bilingual Indian communities have disrupted the essentializing projects of multiculturalism. And by focusing on ideologies of language, the author is able to explicitly link linguistic forms and functions with larger issues of consciousness, gender politics, social positions, and the forging of hegemonic power relations.
"The Only True People"
"The Only True People" - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook "The Only True People" write by Bethany J. Beyette. This book was released on 2017-03-01. "The Only True People" available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Only True People" is a timely and rigorous examination of ethnicity among the ancient and modern Maya, focusing on ethnogenesis and exploring the complexities of Maya identity—how it developed, where and when it emerged, and why it continues to change over time. In the volume, a multidisciplinary group of well-known scholars including archaeologists, linguists, ethnographers, ethnohistorians, and epigraphers investigate ethnicity and other forms of group identity at a number of Maya sites and places, from the northern reaches of the Yucatan to the Southern Periphery, and across different time periods, from the Classic period to the modern day. Each contribution challenges the notion of ethnically homogenous "Maya peoples" for their region and chronology and explores how their work contributes to the definition of "ethnicity" for ancient Maya society. Contributors confront some of the most difficult theoretical debates concerning identity in the literature today: how different ethnic groups define themselves in relation to others; under what circumstances ethnicity is marked by overt expressions of group membership and when it is hidden from view; and the processes that transform ethnic identities and their expressions. By addressing the social constructs and conditions behind Maya ethnicity, both past and present, "The Only True People" contributes to the understanding of ethnicity as a complex set of relationships among people who lived in real and imagined communities, as well as among people separated by social boundaries. The volume will be a key resource for Mayanists and will be of interest to students and scholars of ethnography, anthropology, and cultural studies as well. Contributors: McCale Ashenbrener, Ellen E. Bell, Marcello A. Canuto, Juan Castillo Cocom, David A. Freidel, Wolfgang Gabbert, Stanley P. Guente, Jonathan Hill, Charles Andrew Hofling, Martha J. Macri, Damien B. Marken, Matthew Restall, Timoteo Rodriguez, Mathew C. Samson, Edward Schortman, Rebecca Storey
Beyond the Succotz Tree [microform] : Ethnolinguistic Identity in a Maya Village and School in Belize
Beyond the Succotz Tree [microform] : Ethnolinguistic Identity in a Maya Village and School in Belize - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond the Succotz Tree [microform] : Ethnolinguistic Identity in a Maya Village and School in Belize write by Mark David Campbell. This book was released on 1996. Beyond the Succotz Tree [microform] : Ethnolinguistic Identity in a Maya Village and School in Belize available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Language, Education, and Cultural Identity in a Maya Community of Guatemala
Language, Education, and Cultural Identity in a Maya Community of Guatemala - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language, Education, and Cultural Identity in a Maya Community of Guatemala write by Julia Becker de Richards. This book was released on 1987. Language, Education, and Cultural Identity in a Maya Community of Guatemala available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Ritual, Identity, and the Mayan Diaspora
Ritual, Identity, and the Mayan Diaspora - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ritual, Identity, and the Mayan Diaspora write by Nancy J. Wellmeier. This book was released on 1998. Ritual, Identity, and the Mayan Diaspora available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book analyzes the lives and the continuing ritual traditions of the Mayas who live in the United States. Focusing on a predominantly Maya town in rural Florida, it shows how members of this ancient Central American civilization use their religious tradition to maintain their ethnic identity in an unfamiliar environment. Bringing together studies of Mesoamerican fiesta or cargo systems, religious ritual and migration studies, this interdisciplinary work describes the religious traditions of indigenous Guatemala, the crisis migration of the 1980s, and the Mayas' daily life in the United States, including Maya women's reflections on their new challenges. The book is unique in its focus on the transfer of the fiesta cycle to the diaspora and its analysis of the behind-the-scenes aspects of ritual. The rise of leadership, contested interpretations of ethnic identity, choices about symbolic representation, and maintenance of ties to villages of origin all take place in the context of organizing public ritual events. Through these strategies, the Maya people not only cope materially and spiritually with the chaotic experience of uprootedness, but find ways to strengthen their unique identity. Bibliography. Index.
