Converting Words: Maya in the Age of the Cross (Anthropology of Christianity)

Converting Words: Maya in the Age of the Cross (Anthropology of Christianity)

by WFHanks (Author)

Synopsis

Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 472
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 19 Mar 2010

ISBN 10: 0520257707
ISBN 13: 9780520257702