Description |
1 online resource (x, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
Series |
Suny series, trans-indigenous decolonial critiques
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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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Maya philosophy.
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Maya philosophy. |
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Mayas -- History -- Methodology.
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Mayas. |
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History. |
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Methodology. |
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Mayas -- Intellectural life.
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Anthropology and history.
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Anthropology and history. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Montejo, Víctor, 1951- Mayalogue Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021] 9781438485751 (DLC) 2021022989 |
ISBN |
9781438485775 electronic book |
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1438485778 electronic book |
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9781438485751 hardcover |
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