Maya intellectual renaissance : identity, representation, and leadership / Victor D. Montejo.

Author/creator Montejo, Víctor, 1951-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 2005.
Descriptionxxii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesThe Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies
Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. ^A441638
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-222) and index.
LCCN 2005001967
ISBN0292706847 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0292709390 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F1435.3.I57 M65 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold