TY  - BOOK
AU  - French,Brigittine M.
TI  - Maya Ethnolinguistic Identity: Violence, Cultural Rights, and Modernity in Highland Guatemala
SN  - 9780816501137
AV  - F1435 
U1  - 305.80097281 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Tucson
PB  - University of Arizona Press
KW  - Mayas-Ethnic identity
KW  - Mayas-Languages
KW  - Mayas-Violence against
KW  - Anthropological linguistics-Guatemala
KW  - Mayan languages-Guatemala
KW  - Language and culture-Guatemala
KW  - Politics and culture-Guatemala
KW  - Guatemala-Social conditions
KW  - Guatemala-Ethnic relations
KW  - Guatemala-Politics and government
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1: The Paradox of Ethnolinguistic Identity: Essentialisms, State-Sponsored Violence, and Cultural Rights -- 2: Political Linguistics: Expert Linguists and Modernist Epistemologies in the Guatemalan Nation -- 3: Traditional Histories, Local Selves, and Challenges to Linguistic Unification -- 4: Modernity and Local Linguistic Ideologies in Chimaltenango -- 5: Traditional Maya Women and Linguistic Reproduction -- 6: Conclusion: Vernacular Modernities and the Objectification of Tradition -- Appendix: Transcription Conventions -- Notes -- References -- Index
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