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violence, cultural rights, and modernity in highland Guatemala
1 online resource (xviii, 161 pages :) : illustrations, maps
Introduction : language ideologies, collective identities, and the politics of exclusion -- The paradox of ethnolinguistic identity : essentialisms, state-sponsored violence, and cultural righs -- Political linguistics : expert linguists and modernist epistemologies in the Guatemalan nation -- Traditional histories, local selves, and challenges to linguistic unification -- Modernity and local linguistic ideologies in Chimaltenango -- Traditional Maya women and linguistic reproduction -- Conclusion : vernacular modernities and the objectification of tradition.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-155) and index.