Maya ethnolinguistic identity violence, cultural rights, and modernity in highland Guatemala / Brigittine M. French.

Author/creator French, Brigittine M.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoTucson : University of Arizona Press,
Descriptionxviii, 161 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Mayas--Ethnic identity.
Mayas--Languages.
Mayas--Violence against.
Anthropological linguistics--Guatemala.
Mayan languages--Guatemala.
Language and culture--Guatemala.
Politics and culture--Guatemala.
Guatemala--Social conditions.
Guatemala--Ethnic relations.
Guatemala--Politics and government.

Contents Introduction : language ideologies, collective identities, and the politics of exclusion -- The paradox of ethnolinguistic identity : essentialisms, state-sponsored violence, and cultural rights -- 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [145]-155) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009035835
ISBN9780816527670 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0816527679 (cloth : alk. paper)

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