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From 1991 to 1993, the author lived in three Ch'orti' Maya-speaking communities, learning the language, conducting household surveys, and interviewing informants. He found Ch'orti's to be ashamed of their indigeneity, and he was fortunate to be present and involved when many Ch'orti's joined the Maya Movement.

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What's Indigenous, What's Maya?; In Search of Indigeneity in Eastern Guatemala; History of the Jocotan Parish, 1524-1930; Las Ruinas; A Sense of Centrality; The Dis-Integration of Subsistence Cultures; Excluded from ""Nuestra Patria Guatemala"", Our Fatherland; New Opportunities, Identities and Challenges in the Global Market; The Ch'orti' Maya Movement; Indigenous Maya Ch'orti's; Index.

ChortiMaya Survival in Eastern Guatemala

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      Publisher: MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780826338808, 978-0826338808
      ISBN10: 0826338801

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From 1991 to 1993, the author lived in three Ch'orti' Maya-speaking communities, learning the language, conducting household surveys, and interviewing informants. He found Ch'orti's to be ashamed of their indigeneity, and he was fortunate to be present and involved when many Ch'orti's joined the Maya Movement.

      Table of Contents
      What's Indigenous, What's Maya?; In Search of Indigeneity in Eastern Guatemala; History of the Jocotan Parish, 1524-1930; Las Ruinas; A Sense of Centrality; The Dis-Integration of Subsistence Cultures; Excluded from ""Nuestra Patria Guatemala"", Our Fatherland; New Opportunities, Identities and Challenges in the Global Market; The Ch'orti' Maya Movement; Indigenous Maya Ch'orti's; Index.

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