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

Author/creator Montejo, Victor, 1951-
Format Electronic and Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press,
Descriptionxxii, 236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Subject(s)
Series The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies
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 MenchĂș -- 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.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005001967
ISBN0292706847 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0292709390 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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