| Description |
1 online resource (x, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
SUNY Series, Trans-Indigenous Decolonial Critiques |
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SUNY series, trans-indigenous decolonial critiques
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 08, 2021) |
| Subject |
Maya philosophy.
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Mayas -- History -- Methodology
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Mayas -- Intellectural life
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Anthropology and history.
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Anthropology and history
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Maya philosophy
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021022990 |
| ISBN |
9781438485775 |
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1438485778 |
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