Victor Montejo, Maya Intellectual Renaissance: Identity, Representation and Leadership (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2005), pp. xxii+236, £12.95, pb
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In: Journal of Latin American studies, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 659-661
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In: Journal of Latin American studies, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 659-661
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In: Current anthropology, Band 40, Heft 4, S. 473
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In: American anthropologist: AA, Band 101, Heft 1, S. 185-188
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Blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean, volume 1. Norman E. Whitten. Jr. and Arlene Torres, eds. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. 520 pp.Blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean, volume 2. Norman E. Whitten. Jr. and Arlene Torres, eds. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. 557 pp.
In: American anthropologist: AA, Band 95, Heft 4, S. 1000-1002
ISSN: 1548-1433
In: Case Studies in Anthropology Ser
This case study of a highland Guatemala town examines what it means to be Maya in a rapidly changing and globalized world. In providing an historical synopsis of the Kaqchikel Maya from pre-Columbian and Colonial times to the present day, this volume focuses on the dynamics of clutural boundaries in light of the use of the Kaqchikel language versus Spanish, the growing role of Protestantism and the revitalization of Maya religion versus Catholicism, and the effects of violent civil war on social networks. It examines the role of weaving and export agriculture in linking Tecpanecos to larger economic and political orbits and for defining local, regional, and national identities. As a result, this accessibly written book demonstrates that even seemingly traditional Maya cultural forms are actively constructed in the context of intense global connections.
In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Band 49, Heft 1, S. 155-177
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In: Latin American research review, Band 49, Heft 1, S. 155-177
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In: Latin American perspectives: a journal on capitalism and socialism, Band 32, Heft 5, S. 33-58
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In: Latin American perspectives, Band 32, Heft 5, S. 33-58
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In: Social analysis: journal of cultural and social practice, Band 49, Heft 1
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In: Latin American research review, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 82-110
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