Maya Intellectual Renaissance : : Identity, Representation, and Leadership / / Victor D. Montejo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Montejo, Victor D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)

When Mayan leaders protested the celebration of the Quincentenary of the "discovery" of America and joined with other indigenous groups in the Americas to proclaim an alternate celebration of 500 years of resistance, they rose to national prominence in Guatemala. This was possible in part because of the cultural, political, economic, and religious revitalization that occurred in Mayan communities in the later half of the twentieth century. Another result of the revitalization was Mayan students' enrollment in graduate programs in order to reclaim the intellectual history of the brilliant Mayan past. Victor Montejo was one of those students. This is the first book to be published outside of Guatemala where a Mayan writer other than Rigoberta Menchu discusses the history and problems of the country. It collects essays Montejo has written over the past ten years that address three critical issues facing Mayan peoples today: identity, representation, and Mayan leadership. Montejo is deeply invested in furthering the discussion of the effectiveness of Mayan leadership because he believes that self-evaluation is necessary for the movement to advance. He also criticizes the racist treatment that Mayans experience, and advocates for the construction of a more pluralistic Guatemala that recognizes cultural diversity and abandons assimilation. This volume maps a new political alternative for the future of the movement that promotes inter-ethnic collaboration alongside a reverence for Mayan culture.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Maya Identity and Interethnic Relations -- Chapter 2 Pan-Mayanism -- Chapter 3 Representation via Ethnography -- Chapter 4 The Multiplicity of Maya Voices -- Chapter 5 Truth, Human Rights, and Representation -- Chapter 6 The Ethnohistory of Maya Leadership -- Chapter 7 Theoretical Basis and Strategies for Maya Leadership -- Chapter 8 Maya Ways of Knowing -- Chapter 9 Leadership and Maya Intellectuality -- Chapter 10 Indigenous Rights, Security, and Democracy in the Americas -- Chapter 11 The Twenty-first Century and the Future of the Maya in Guatemala -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index