Maya intellectual renaissance

Montejo, Victor, 1951-

Maya intellectual renaissance identity, representation, and leadership / [electronic resource] : Victor D. Montejo. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005. - xxii, 236 p. : ill. - The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies . - Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. .

Includes bibliographical references p. ([209]-222) and index.

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 Menchú -- 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.


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Mayas--Intellectual life.
Mayas--Ethnic identity.
Maya philosophy.


Latin America--Ethnic relations.
Latin America--Social life and customs.


Electronic books.

F1435.3.I57 / M65 2005eb

305.897/42