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Elilal, exile, is the condition of thousands of Mayas who have fled their homelands in Guatemala to escape repression and even death at the hands of their government. In this book, Victor Montejo, who is both a Maya expatriate and an anthropologist, gives voice to those who until now have struggled in silence--but who nevertheless have found ways to reaffirm and celebrate their Mayaness.Voices from Exile is the authentic story of one group of Mayas from the Kuchumatan highlands who fled into Mexico and sought refuge there. Montejo's combination of autobiography, history, political analysis, and testimonial narrative offers a profound exploration of state terror and its inescapable human cost.
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press; First Edition edition (October 15, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0806131713
ISBN-13: 978-0806131719
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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Best Sellers Rank: #260,569 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #19 in Books > History > Americas > Central America > Guatemala #28 in Books > History > Ancient Civilizations > Mayan #178 in Books > History > Americas > Mexico
Victor Montejo's latest book is an important and brilliant analysis of recent Mayan history by one of the Mayan people's most significant scholars. It is especially important because this is an Indigenous voice speaking about Mayan history rather than the however well-intentioned and scholarly rigorous recent work of non-Mayan Americans like Drs. Nelson and Warren. Montejo, a Popti Mayan from Jakaltenango in Guatemala's Western highlands, was both an eyewitness to much recent Mayan history as well as a US-trained academic.
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