Mayan literacy reinvention in Guatemala / Mary J. Holbrock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holbrock, Mary J., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas--Languages--Social aspects.

Mayas.

Mayan languages--Social aspects--Guatemala.

Mayan languages.

Languages in contact--Guatemala.

Languages in contact.

Literacy--Social aspects--Guatemala--History.

Literacy.

Mayas--Guatemala--Government relations.

Literacy programs.

Language and languages.

Writing.

Literacy--Social aspects.

History.

Mayan languages--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Guatemala.

Mayas--Languages--Writing.

Literacy programs--Guatemala.

Physical Description:

xviii, 250 pages : Illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.

Summary:

At the turn of the millennium, Guatemala experienced a Mayan cultural renaissance known as the Maya Movement. One aspect of this movement was the revitalization of indigenous Mayan languages for written purposes, including the introduction of a new standardized alphabetic system for each of the twenty-two Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala as well as the incorporation of ancient elements. This case study, conducted in the Guatemalan highlands, investigates Mayan literacy in publications and media as well as its practice in the school system and among Maya people. The author examines the concept of literary and the promises and pitfalls of literary revitalization. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

History of Mayan literacy

Oral and written uses of Mayan languages

Issues of personal literacy use in the Mayan communities

Print media in Mayan languages

Environmental print

Mayan literacy in education

Weaving the threads of Mayan literacy

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-248) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Holbrock, Mary J., 1965- Mayan literacy reinvention in Guatemala.

ISBN:

9780826357236

0826357237

OCLC:

939909229