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Maya Ethnolinguistic Identity: Violence, Cultural Rights, and Modernity in Highland Guatemala
Brigittine M. French
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 b/w photo, 4 illustrations, 5 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: CF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
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 ""nationalist project"" that has been ongoing since the end of the colonial period, French interrogates the ""Guatemalan/indigenous binary."" In Guatemala, ""Ladino"" refers to the Spanish-speaking minority of the population, who are of mixed European, usually Spanish, and indigenous ancestry; ""Indian"" is understood to mean the majority of Guatemala's population, who speak one of the twenty-one languages in the Maya linguistic groups of the country, although levels of bilingualism ... Read more
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 ""nationalist project"" that has been ongoing since the end of the colonial period, French interrogates the ""Guatemalan/indigenous binary."" In Guatemala, ""Ladino"" refers to the Spanish-speaking minority of the population, who are of mixed European, usually Spanish, and indigenous ancestry; ""Indian"" is understood to mean the majority of Guatemala's population, who speak one of the twenty-one languages in the Maya linguistic groups of the country, although levels of bilingualism ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816527670
SKU
V9780816527670
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