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Author Montejo, Víctor, 1951- author.

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

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

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Description 1 online resource (x, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps.
text file
Series Suny series, trans-indigenous decolonial critiques
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 .
Summary "Offers a strong critique of traditional anthropological studies from an Indigenous and postcolonial perspective"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Maya philosophy.
Maya philosophy.
Mayas -- History -- Methodology.
Mayas.
History.
Methodology.
Mayas -- Intellectural life.
Anthropology and history.
Anthropology and history.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Montejo, Víctor, 1951- Mayalogue Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021] 9781438485751 (DLC) 2021022989
ISBN 9781438485775 electronic book
1438485778 electronic book
9781438485751 hardcover