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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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The Anthropology of Highland Guatemala, 1800-1970
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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A Bibliography of Latin American and Caribbean Bibliographies, 1985-1989
Author: Lionel V. Loroña
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810827028
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The fifth supplement to Arthur E. Gropp's A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies (1968), covering bibliographies published 1985-89, and those published earlier but not noted in previous supplements. For the first time, includes Caribbean bibliographies. The 1,867 citations are unannotated. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810827028
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The fifth supplement to Arthur E. Gropp's A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies (1968), covering bibliographies published 1985-89, and those published earlier but not noted in previous supplements. For the first time, includes Caribbean bibliographies. The 1,867 citations are unannotated. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Katunob
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Category : Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Category : Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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A Bibliography of Latin American and Caribbean Bibliographies, 1985-1989
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Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Maya In Exile
Author: Allan Burns
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439903816
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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The first report on the cultural adaptation of Guatemalan Maya immigrants to Florida.
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439903816
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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The first report on the cultural adaptation of Guatemalan Maya immigrants to Florida.
Bibliography of Latin American and Caribbean Bibliographies
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Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Guatemalan Indians and the State
Author: Carol A. Smith
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477304924
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Violence in Central America, especially when directed against Indian populations, is not a new phenomenon. Yet few studies of the region have focused specifi cally on the relationship between Indians and the state, a relationship that may hold the key to understanding these conflicts. In this volume, noted historians and anthropologists pool their considerable expertise to analyze the situation in Guatemala, working from the premise that the Indian/state relationship is the single most important determinant of Guatemala’s distinctive history and social order. In chapters by such respected scholars as Robert Cormack, Ralph Lee Woodward, Christopher Lutz, Richard Adams, and Arturo Arias, the history of Indian activism in Guatemala unfolds. The authors reveal that the insistence of Guatemalan Indians on maintaining their distinctive cultural practices and traditions in the face of state attempts to eradicate them appears to have fostered the development of an increasingly oppressive state. This historical insight into the forces that shaped modern Guatemala provides a context for understanding the extraordinary level of violence that enveloped the Indians of the western highlands in the 1980s, the continued massive assault on traditional religious and secular culture, the movement from a militarized state to a militarized civil society, and the major transformations taking place in Guatemala’s traditional export-oriented economy. In this sense, Guatemalan Indians and the State, 1540 to 1988 provides a revisionist social history of Guatemala.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477304924
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Violence in Central America, especially when directed against Indian populations, is not a new phenomenon. Yet few studies of the region have focused specifi cally on the relationship between Indians and the state, a relationship that may hold the key to understanding these conflicts. In this volume, noted historians and anthropologists pool their considerable expertise to analyze the situation in Guatemala, working from the premise that the Indian/state relationship is the single most important determinant of Guatemala’s distinctive history and social order. In chapters by such respected scholars as Robert Cormack, Ralph Lee Woodward, Christopher Lutz, Richard Adams, and Arturo Arias, the history of Indian activism in Guatemala unfolds. The authors reveal that the insistence of Guatemalan Indians on maintaining their distinctive cultural practices and traditions in the face of state attempts to eradicate them appears to have fostered the development of an increasingly oppressive state. This historical insight into the forces that shaped modern Guatemala provides a context for understanding the extraordinary level of violence that enveloped the Indians of the western highlands in the 1980s, the continued massive assault on traditional religious and secular culture, the movement from a militarized state to a militarized civil society, and the major transformations taking place in Guatemala’s traditional export-oriented economy. In this sense, Guatemalan Indians and the State, 1540 to 1988 provides a revisionist social history of Guatemala.
The War for the Heart and Soul of a Highland Maya Town
Author: Robert S. Carlsen
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292782764
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This compelling ethnography explores the issue of cultural continuity and change as it has unfolded in the representative Guatemala Mayan town Santiago Atitlán. Drawing on multiple sources, Robert S. Carlsen argues that local Mayan culture survived the Spanish Conquest remarkably intact and continued to play a defining role for much of the following five centuries. He also shows how the twentieth-century consolidation of the Guatemalan state steadily eroded the capacity of the local Mayas to adapt to change and ultimately caused some factions to reject—even demonize—their own history and culture. At the same time, he explains how, after a decade of military occupation known as la violencia, Santiago Atitlán stood up in unity to the Guatemalan Army in 1990 and forced it to leave town. This new edition looks at how Santiago Atitlán has fared since the expulsion of the army. Carlsen explains that, initially, there was hope that the renewed unity that had served the town so well would continue. He argues that such hopes have been undermined by multiple sources, often with bizarre outcomes. Among the factors he examines are the impact of transnational crime, particularly gangs with ties to Los Angeles; the rise of vigilantism and its relation to renewed religious factionalism; the related brutal murders of followers of the traditional Mayan religion; and the apocalyptic fervor underlying these events.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292782764
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This compelling ethnography explores the issue of cultural continuity and change as it has unfolded in the representative Guatemala Mayan town Santiago Atitlán. Drawing on multiple sources, Robert S. Carlsen argues that local Mayan culture survived the Spanish Conquest remarkably intact and continued to play a defining role for much of the following five centuries. He also shows how the twentieth-century consolidation of the Guatemalan state steadily eroded the capacity of the local Mayas to adapt to change and ultimately caused some factions to reject—even demonize—their own history and culture. At the same time, he explains how, after a decade of military occupation known as la violencia, Santiago Atitlán stood up in unity to the Guatemalan Army in 1990 and forced it to leave town. This new edition looks at how Santiago Atitlán has fared since the expulsion of the army. Carlsen explains that, initially, there was hope that the renewed unity that had served the town so well would continue. He argues that such hopes have been undermined by multiple sources, often with bizarre outcomes. Among the factors he examines are the impact of transnational crime, particularly gangs with ties to Los Angeles; the rise of vigilantism and its relation to renewed religious factionalism; the related brutal murders of followers of the traditional Mayan religion; and the apocalyptic fervor underlying these events.
The Guatemala Reader
Author: Greg Grandin
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822351072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
DIVAn interdisciplinary anthology on the largest, most populous nation in Central America, covering Guatemalan history, culture, literature and politics and containing many primary sources not previously published in English./div
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822351072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
DIVAn interdisciplinary anthology on the largest, most populous nation in Central America, covering Guatemalan history, culture, literature and politics and containing many primary sources not previously published in English./div
Library Literature
Author: H.W. Wilson Company
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Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
Book Description
"An index to library and information science".
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Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
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"An index to library and information science".