Mayalogue : an interactionist theory of indigenous cultures / Victor Montejo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montejo, Víctor, 1951- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

SUNY series, trans-indigenous decolonial critiques

Suny series, trans-indigenous decolonial critiques

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maya philosophy.

Mayas--History--Methodology.

Mayas.

Mayas--Intellectural life.

Anthropology and history.

History.

Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction : An Indigenous point of view

Anthropological theories and indigenous people

Decolonizing Maya history and cultures

Mayalogue : the treaty of Maya ideas : Q'inal : time, life, and existence

Mayalogue : from oral histories and traditions to written ethnographies

Native methods for documenting history : Oxlan B'en : the cyclical view of time and history

Mayalogue : Ohtajb'al : Maya knowledge and epistemology

Mayalogue, the interactionist model : humans, nature, and the supernatural world

The tonal or spirit bearer : human nature/animal nature or the theory of the self

The "Cargo system" and world maintenance

Mayalogue as a cosmocentric paradigm

World building, world maintenance, and world dismantling

Prophetic cycles and world renewal .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 08, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Montejo, Víctor, 1951- Mayalogue

ISBN:

9781438485775

1438485778

Publisher Number:

40030760949

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.