Converting Words Maya in the Age of the Cross

This pathbreaking synthesis of history, anthropology, and linguistics gives an unprecedented view of the first two hundred years of the Spanish colonization of the Yucatec Maya. Drawing on an extraordinary range and depth of sources, William F. Hanks documents for the first time the crucial role pla...

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Main Author:	Hanks, William F.
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley, Calif University of California Press 2010
Edition:	1
Series:	The Anthropology of Christianity
Subjects:	Administration age of the cross America Americas anthropology bilingual dictionaries catechisms Catechisms, Spanish Catechisms, Spanish > Mexico > Yucatán (State) Catholic Church Catholic Church > Missions > Mexico > Yucatán (State) christian missionaries Christianity Christianity and culture Christianity and culture > Mexico > Yucatán (State) Christianity and other religions Christianity and other religions > Mexico > Yucatán (State) colonial mayans colonialism Colonies Colonization cultural conquest cultural conversion forbidden books historical HISTORY HISTORY / Latin America / General history of christianity History of religion indigenous literature Influence on Maya Influence on Spanish language and culture language of rebellion Latin America latin american history linguistics Maya Maya language Maya language > Influence on Spanish > Mexico > Yucatán (State) Mayas Mayas > Colonization Mayas > Religion Mexico Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810 Missions nonfiction account Religion RELIGION / Comparative Religion Religious conversion Religious history SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Spain Spain > Colonies > America > Administration spanish colonization Spanish colony, 1540–1810 Spanish language Spanish language > Influence on Maya > Mexico > Yucatán (State) translation yucatec maya Yucatán (State) spanish colonization linguistics religious history language of rebellion christianity historical catechisms latin american history christian missionaries cultural conquest bilingual dictionaries age of the cross colonialism cultural conversion language and culture forbidden books anthropology indigenous literature nonfiction account maya history of christianity yucatec maya religious conversion colonial mayans translation
ISBN:	0520257707, 9780520257702, 9780520257719, 0520257715, 0520944917, 9780520944916
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Summary:	This pathbreaking synthesis of history, anthropology, and linguistics gives an unprecedented view of the first two hundred years of the Spanish colonization of the Yucatec Maya. Drawing on an extraordinary range and depth of sources, William F. Hanks documents for the first time the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Converting Words includes original analyses of the linguistic practices of both missionaries and Mayas-as found in bilingual dictionaries, grammars, catechisms, land documents, native chronicles, petitions, and the forbidden Maya Books of Chilam Balam. Lucidly written and vividly detailed, this important work presents a new approach to the study of religious and cultural conversion that will illuminate the history of Latin America and beyond, and will be essential reading across disciplinary boundaries.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-414) and index SourceType-Books-1 ObjectType-Book-1 content type line 7
ISBN:	0520257707 9780520257702 9780520257719 0520257715 0520944917 9780520944916
DOI:	10.1525/9780520944916