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Huff, Leah Alexandra.

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Being Maya: The (re)construction of indigenous cultural identity in Guatemala.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Being Maya: The (re)construction of indigenous cultural identity in Guatemala./
Author:	Huff, Leah Alexandra.
Description:	125 p.
Notes:	Adviser: W. George Lovell.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International43-05.
Subject:	Geography. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=MQ99709
ISBN:	9780612997097

Being Maya: The (re)construction of indigenous cultural identity in Guatemala.
Huff, Leah Alexandra.

Being Maya: The (re)construction of indigenous cultural identity in Guatemala. - 125 p.

Adviser: W. George Lovell.

Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University (Canada), 2004.

The Maya of Guatemala have survived three holocausts. The first was the impact of Spanish conquest, which saw the deaths of close to two million Maya through disease, violence, and cultural trauma. The second took place after Independence (1821), when massive land appropriation in the late nineteenth century led to the loss of up to 70% of Maya holdings. Labour on commercial plantations reduced the Maya to a servile workforce that was severely exploited. The third occurred during a civil war that lasted from 1960 until 1996. The UN Commission for Historical Clarification concluded that the Maya were victims in over 83% of the more than 200,000 deaths recorded during this conflict, which was found to be an act of genocide under the specific terms of the Geneva Conventions.

ISBN: 9780612997097Subjects--Topical Terms:

524010
Geography.

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520 $a The Maya of Guatemala have survived three holocausts. The first was the impact of Spanish conquest, which saw the deaths of close to two million Maya through disease, violence, and cultural trauma. The second took place after Independence (1821), when massive land appropriation in the late nineteenth century led to the loss of up to 70% of Maya holdings. Labour on commercial plantations reduced the Maya to a servile workforce that was severely exploited. The third occurred during a civil war that lasted from 1960 until 1996. The UN Commission for Historical Clarification concluded that the Maya were victims in over 83% of the more than 200,000 deaths recorded during this conflict, which was found to be an act of genocide under the specific terms of the Geneva Conventions.
520 $a For several decades Maya have worked towards the recognition of human and indigenous rights in Guatemala. This process has seen the emergence of el movimiento maya, the Maya Movement, a group of some 500 organizations that advance the common goal of revindication of Maya culture. The movement supports the revitalization of many cultural traits, most notably traje (indigenous dress), language, and land for subsistence and spiritual practices.
520 $a A review of pertinent literature reveals that these traits are considered "essential" to Maya cultural identity. During fieldwork in San Pedro La Laguna and Quetzaltenango (Xela), I spoke to a variety of Maya people about the significance of these particular traits in their daily lives, with the aim of discovering whether or not they are regarded as important in practice as in theory.
520 $a My findings reveal that these three traits are indeed central to Maya culture, but are not considered "essential". Moreover, my respondents convince me that there are a pair of elements that lie at the heart of being Maya: sangre (blood) and orgullo (pride). Given the subjugation that the Maya have experienced for centuries, it is hardly surprising that many in the past have denied their bloodline. As such, a unified declaration of pride in one's identity is no small accomplishment.
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