"The Only True People" edited by Bethany J. Beyyette, Lisa J. LeCount.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

LeCount, Lisa J. (Lisa Jeanne), 1955- editor.

Beyyette, Bethany J., editor.

Knowledge Unlatched, Funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas--Ethnic identity.

Mayas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables

Place of Publication:

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"A timely and rigorous examination of ethnicity among the ancient Maya, focusing on ethnogenesis and exploring the complexities of Maya identity--how it developed, how it emerged and how it continues to change. Challenges the notion of ethnically homogenous "Maya peoples" for their region and chronology"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : on constructing a shared understanding of historical pasts and nearing futures / Bethany J. Beyyette

Reimaging the world : Maya religious practices and the construction of ethnicity in Mesoamerican frame / Mathew C. Samson

From ethnogenesis to ethnoexodus : Mayas, Dzulo'ob, and the politics of identity in Yucatán / Juan Castillo Cocom, Timoteo Rodriguez, and McCale Ashenbrener

Itzaj and Mopan identities in Peten, Guatemala / Charles Andrew Hofling

Maya ethnogenesis and group identity in Yucatan, 1500-1900 / Matthew Restall and Wolfgang Gabbert

Differentiation among Maya speakers : evidence from comparative linguistics and from hieroglyphic texts / Martha J. Macri

Right place, right time : preconditions for ethnogenesis among the classic Maya of the Upper Belize River Valley / Lisa J. LeCount

He's Maya, but he's not my brother : exploring the place of ethnicity in classic Maya social organization / Damien B. Marken, Stanley P. Guenter, and David A. Freidel

Considering the edge effect : ethnogenesis and classic period society in the southeastern Maya area / Marcello A. Canuto and Ellen E. Bell

Copan, Honduras, a multi-ethnic melting pot during the late classic? / Rebecca Storey

Conclusion / Ed Schortman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781607327219

160732721X

9781607326991

160732699X

9781607325673

1607325675

OCLC:

973847546

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access