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Author Holbrock, Mary J., 1965- author.

Title Mayan literacy reinvention in Guatemala / Mary J. Holbrock
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016
©2016

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Contents Introduction -- History of Mayan literacy -- Oral and written uses of Mayan languages -- Issues of personal literacy use in the Mayan communities -- Print media in Mayan languages -- Environmental print -- Mayan literacy in education -- Weaving the threads of Mayan literacy -- Afterword
Summary Through this investigation, the promises and pitfalls of a literacy-revitalization endeavor are detailed and our understanding of the concept of literacy is reexamined
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 19, 2018)
Subject Mayas -- Languages -- Social aspects
Mayan languages -- Social aspects -- Guatemala
Languages in contact -- Guatemala
Literacy -- Social aspects -- Guatemala -- History
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Government relations
Mayas -- Languages -- Writing
Literacy programs -- Guatemala
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
Languages in contact
Literacy programs
Literacy -- Social aspects
Mayan languages -- Social aspects
Mayas -- Government relations
Guatemala
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016008363
ISBN 9780826357243
0826357245