Return To Ixil
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Return To Ixil
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Author : Mark Z. Christensen
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2019-10-18
Return To Ixil written by Mark Z. Christensen and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-18 with Social Science categories.
Return to Ixil is an examination of over 100 colonial-era Maya wills from the Yucatec town of Ixil, presented together and studied fully for the first time. These testaments make up the most significant corpus of Maya-language documents from the colonial period. Offering an unprecedented picture of material and spiritual life in Ixil from 1738 to 1779, they are rare and rich sources for the study of Maya culture and history. Supplemented with additional archival research, the wills provide new and detailed descriptions of various aspects of life in eighteenth-century Ixil. In each chapter, authors Mark Christensen and Matthew Restall examine a different dimension of Ixil’s colonial history, including the role of notaries, Maya participation in a coastal militia, economy and modes of production, religious life and records, and the structures and patterns of familial relationships. These details offer insight into the complex network of societies in colonial Yucatan, colonial Mesoamerica, and colonial Latin America. Including an appendix presenting the original Maya texts as well as translations by Christensen and Restall, Return to Ixil not only analyzes the largest body of substantive wills in any Mayan language known today but also provides a rare closeup view of the inner workings of a colonial Maya town and the communal and familial affairs that made up a large part of the Maya colonial experience. It will be of great interest to Mayanists as well as to students and scholars of history, anthropology, ethnohistory, linguistics, and social history. The publication of this book is supported in part byBrigham Young University and Penn State University.
Escaping The Fire
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Author : Tomás Guzaro
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-03-01
Escaping The Fire written by Tomás Guzaro and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-01 with History categories.
During the height of the Guatemalan civil war, Tomás Guzaro, a Mayan evangelical pastor, led more than two hundred fellow Mayas out of guerrilla-controlled Ixil territory and into the relative safety of the government army's hands. This exodus was one of the factors that caused the guerrillas to lose their grip on the Ixil, thus hastening the return of peace to the area. In Escaping the Fire, Guzaro relates the hardships common to most Mayas and the resulting unrest that opened the door to civil war. He details the Guatemalan army's atrocities while also describing the Guerrilla Army of the Poor's rise to power in Ixil country, which resulted in limited religious freedom, murdered church leaders, and threatened congregations. His story climaxes with the harrowing vision that induced him to guide his people out of their war-torn homeland. Guzaro also provides an intimate look at his spiritual pilgrimage through all three of Guatemala's main religions. The son of a Mayan priest, formerly a leader in the Catholic Church, and finally a convert to Protestantism, Guzaro, in detailing his religious life, offers insight into the widespread shift toward Protestantism in Latin America over the past four decades. Riveting and highly personal, Escaping the Fire ultimately provides a counterpoint to the usual interpretation of indigenous agency during the Guatemalan civil war by documenting the little-studied experiences of Protestants living in guerrilla-held territory.
Aztec And Maya Apocalypses
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Author : Mark Z. Christensen
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2022-07-14
Aztec And Maya Apocalypses written by Mark Z. Christensen and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-14 with History categories.
The Second Coming of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, the Final Judgment: the Apocalypse is central to Christianity and has evolved throughout Christianity’s long history. Thus, when ecclesiastics brought the Apocalypse to native audiences in the Americas, both groups adapted it further, reflecting new political and social circumstances. The religious texts in Aztec and Maya Apocalypses, many translated for the first time, provide an intriguing picture of this process—revealing the influence of European, Aztec, and Maya worldviews on portrayals of Doomsday by Spanish priests and Indigenous authors alike. The Apocalypse and Christian eschatology played an important role in the conversion of the Indigenous population and often appeared in the texts and sermons composed for their consumption. Through these writings from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century—priests’ “official” texts and Indigenous authors’ rendering of them—Mark Z. Christensen traces Maya and Nahua influences, both stylistic and substantive, while documenting how extensively Old World content and meaning were absorbed into Indigenous texts. Visions of world endings and beginnings were not new to the Indigenous cultures of America. Christensen shows how and why certain formulations, such as the Fifteen Signs of Doomsday, found receptive audiences among the Maya and the Aztec, with religious ramifications extending to the present day. These translated texts provide the opportunity to see firsthand the negotiations that ecclesiastics and natives engaged in when composing their eschatological treatises. With their insights into how various ecclesiastics, Nahuas, and Mayas preached, and even understood, Catholicism, they offer a uniquely detailed, deeply informed perspective on the process of forming colonial religion.
Daughter Of The Spear
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Author : J. Michael Robertson
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2017-09-06
Daughter Of The Spear written by J. Michael Robertson and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-06 with Fiction categories.
Two years ago Kiara was a young untried Battle Maid. In those days her goals were simple: become a battle-tested warrior and wed her foster-brother, Ciaran. Then the Goddess Danu gave Ciaran the quest to find the legendary Sunspear to keep it from falling into the hands of the Shadow. Kiara follows him and is set on a path binding her to a destiny not of her choosing. She soon learns that being a Psian capable of using the vast psionic powers of her inner mind is anything but simple. Her life and that of her beloved foster brother have changed drastically. Ciaran has become the Warrior of the Three Moons and she is the captive of the Dark Gods most powerful Ring Lord. She has to escape before he sets her Darksoul free her conscious mind, turning her into a servant of the Shadow. Her every action becomes focused on escape, but she is alone and surrounded by powerful men who plan to use her for their own dark purposes. One Ring Lord plans to Turn her to the Shadow and make her High Queen of the ireanni Celts. Another wants to use her as bait to draw Ciaran into a trap. A chance meeting with a Scythian Prince in the City of Kiriath sets him plotting to kidnap her and make her his concubine. Unable to use her psionic powers, she is forced to negotiate the treacherous waters of intrigue using only her wit and skills as a warrior. The conspiracies of mortal men, however, are not the only threat she must confront. The Gods of Shadow become aware of her and her relationship to the Warrior of the Three Moons and send deadly Shadowelf assassins and Uruket Bloodwarriors to bring her to the Stone of Tears.
Refugees Of A Hidden War
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Author : Beatriz Manz
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1988-01-01
Refugees Of A Hidden War written by Beatriz Manz and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Examines the results of the political violence and military repression in Guatemala during the 1980s
At The Drop Of A Miracle
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Author : Donald Parkhill Lawrence
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2020-10-09
At The Drop Of A Miracle written by Donald Parkhill Lawrence and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-09 with Religion categories.
With an emphasis on the ordinary invaded by the extraordinary, At the Drop of a Miracle is packed with stories of a missionary adventure in Guatemala experienced by author Donald Parkhill Lawrence. Highlighting God’s intervention, this compilation of standalone stories is rooted in scripture and can be used as a devotional. Each narrative demonstrates how the drops of a miracle produce ripples that touch and affect others with a divine purpose for today, tomorrow, and forever. From learning tooth extraction skills, to helping a man find lost money, to assisting in the aftermath of an earthquake, the stories are patched together in a quilt of experiences, speaking of the incredible hand of God on an ordinary family. At the Drop of a Miracle gives insight into a family’s unique missionary life while providing inspiration and a reminder of God’s faithfulness, concern, compassion, purpose, and love.
Guatemala
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Author : Tom Barry
language : en
Publisher: Interhemispheric Resource Center
Release Date : 1986
Guatemala written by Tom Barry and has been published by Interhemispheric Resource Center this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Political Science categories.
Black Jaguar Green Jade
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Author : Sylvia Andrews
language : en
Publisher: Sylvia Andrews
Release Date : 2013
Black Jaguar Green Jade written by Sylvia Andrews and has been published by Sylvia Andrews this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A story set in the jungles of Belize introducing Maya, a high school student in Tucson who realizes her hopes of joining and archaeological dig and her wildest dreams of fantasy and adventure. She must also confront drug dealers, kidnappers, and her feelings for Balam, a young Maya prince while translating glyphs and digging in the steamy jungle near a beautiful beach. With the help of her friends, both real and spectral, she solves an ancient puzzle and helps the animals and people she loves. An mystery adventure for readers who want to learn more about the Mayans and archaeology while enjoying a fascinating and involved plot with some fantasy and romance thrown in. A different kind of young adult book for the discriminating reader.
El Norte Or Bust
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Author : David Stoll
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2013
El Norte Or Bust written by David Stoll and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Business & Economics categories.
Debt is the hidden engine driving undocumented migration to the United States. So argues David Stoll in this powerful chronicle of migrants, moneylenders, and swindlers in the Guatemalan highlands, one of the locales that, collectively, are sending millions of Latin Americans north in search of higher wages. As an anthropologist, Stoll has witnessed the Ixil Mayas of Nebaj grow in numbers, run out of land, and struggle to find employment. Aid agencies have provided microcredits to turn the Nebajenses into entrepreneurs, but credit alone cannot boost productivity in crowded mountain valleys, which is why many recipients have invested the loans in smuggling themselves to the United States. Back home, their remittances have inflated the price of land so high that only migrants can afford to buy it. Thus, more Nebajenses have felt obliged to borrow the large sums needed to go north. So many have done so that, even before the Great Recession hit the U.S. in 2008, many were unable to find enough work to pay back their loans, triggering a financial crash back home. Now migrants and their families are losing the land and homes they have pledged as collateral. Chain migration, moneylending, and large families, Stoll proposes, have turned into pyramid schemes in which the poor transfer risk and loss to their near and dear.
Handbook Of Latin American Studies Vol 76
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Author : Katherine D. McCann
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2023-04-11
Handbook Of Latin American Studies Vol 76 written by Katherine D. McCann and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-11 with Reference categories.
Beginning with Number 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year between social sciences and humanities. The Handbook annotates works on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Guianas, Spanish South America, and Brazil, as well as materials covering Latin America as a whole. Most of the subsections are preceded by introductory essays that serve as biannual evaluations of the literature and research underway in specialized areas.