Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala marks a new era in Guatemalan studies by offering an up-to-the-minute look at the pan-Maya movement and the future of the Maya people as they struggle to regain control over their cultural destiny. The successful emergence of what is in some senses a nationalism grounded in ethnicity and language has challenged scholars to reconsider their concepts of nationalism, community, and identity.

Editors Edward F. Fischer and R. McKenna Brown have brought together essays by virtually all the leading U.S. experts on contemporary Maya communities and the top Maya scholars working in Guatemala today. Supplementing scholarly analysis of Mayan cultural activism is a position statement originating within the movement and more wide-ranging and personal reflections by anthropologists and linguists who have worked with the Maya over the years. Among the broader issues that come in for examination are the complex relations between U.S. Mayanists and the Mayan cultural movement, efforts to promote literacy in Mayan languages, the significance of woven textiles and native dress, the relations between language and national identity, and the cultural meanings that the present-day Maya have encountered in ancient Mayan texts and hieroglyphic writing.

Editors Edward F. Fischer and R. McKenna Brown have brought together essays by virtually all the leading U.S. experts on contemporary Maya communities and the top Maya scholars working in Guatemala today. Maya cultural Activism in Guatemala marks a new era in Guatemala studies by offering an up-to-the minute look at the pan-Maya movement and the future of the Maya people as they struggle to regain control over their cultural destiny.

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	255
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	University of Texas Press
Fecha de Publicación	1996-12-01
Dimensiones	9.01" x 6.01" x 0.68" pulgadas
Serie	Llilas Critical Reflections on Latin America
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Temas	América Latina

Edward F. Fischer is professor of anthropology and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University. R. McKenna Brown is Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at Virginia Commonwealth University.