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Auteur(s) : Romero, Sergio
Titre(s) : Language and ethnicity among the K'ichee' Maya [Texte imprimé] / Sergio Romero
Publication : Salt Lake city : University of Utah press, copyright 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xix, 123 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-118) and index
"This book explores the articulation between "accent" and ethnic identification in
K'ichee', a Mayan language spoken by more than one million people in the western highlands
of Guatemala. Based on years of ethnographic work, it is the first anthropological
examination of the social meaning of dialectal difference in any Mayan language. Romero
deconstructs essentialist perspectives on ethnicity in Mesoamerica and argues that
ethnic identification among the highland Maya is multiple and layered, the result
of a diverse linguistic precipitate created by centuries of colonial resistance. In
K'ichee', dialect stereotypes--accents--act as linguistic markers embodying particular
ethnic registers. K'ichee' speakers use and recombine their linguistic repertoire--colloquial
K'ichee', traditional K'ichee' discourse, colloquial Spanish, Standard Spanish, and
language mixing--in strategic ways to mark status and authority and to revitalize
their traditional culture. The book surveys literary genres such as lyric poetry,
political graffiti, and radio broadcasts, which express new experiences of Mayan-ness
and anticolonial resistance. It also takes a historical perspective in examining oral
and written K'ichee' discourses from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries,
including the famous chronicle known as the Popol Vuh, and explores the unbreakable
link between language, history, and culture in the Maya highlands." ; "This book explores
the articulation between "accent" and ethnic identification in K'ichee', a Mayan language
spoken by more than one million people in the western highlands of Guatemala. Based
on years of ethnographic work, it is the first anthropological examination of the
social meaning of dialectal difference in any Mayan language. Romero deconstructs
essentialist perspectives on ethnicity in Mesoamerica and argues that ethnic identification
among the highland Maya is multiple and layered, a diverse linguistic precipitate
of centuries of colonial resistance"
Sujet(s) : Quiché (Indiens) -- Identité collective
Quiché (Indiens) -- Conditions sociales
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781607813972. - ISBN 1607813971. - ISBN 9781607813989. - ISBN 160781398X (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45366559d
Notice n° :
FRBNF45366559
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Accent and ethnic identity in the Maya highlands ; Orthographies, foreigners, and
pure K'ichee' ; "Each town speaks its own language" : the social value of dialectal
variation in K'ichee' ; A "hybrid" language : loanwords and K'ichee'-Spanish code
switching ; "Ancestor power Is Maya power" : the uses and abuses of honorific address
in K'ichee' ; The changing voice of the ancestors : missionaries, poets, and pan-Mayanism
