Title: Maya nationalisms and postcolonial challenges in Guatemala
Subtitle: coloniality, modernity, and identity politics
First published: 2009
Description: "This book focuses on the emergence and political-cultural implications of Guatemala's Maya movement. It explores how, since the 1970s, indigenous peoples have been challenging established, hegemonic narratives of modernity, history, nation, and cultural identity as these relate to the indigenous world. For the most part, these narratives have been fabricated by non-indigenous writers who have had the power not only to produce and spread knowledge but also to speak for and about the Maya world. Contemporary Maya narratives promote nationalisms based on the reaffirmation of Maya ethnicity and languages that constitute what it means to be Maya in present-day society, as well as political-cultural projects oriented toward the future."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Mayas, Politics and government, Ethnic identity, Political aspects of Globalization, Government relations, Colonial influence, Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Ethnic relations, Globalization, Political aspects, Nationalism, Postcolonialism, Guatemala, politics and government, Civil rights, central america
Places: Guatemala
LC classification: F1435.3.P7 V3513 2009