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Converting Words: Maya in the Age of the Cross - The Anthropology of Christianity William F. Hanks
Converting Words: Maya in the Age of the Cross - The Anthropology of Christianity
William F. Hanks
Documents 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.
472 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 17, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520257719 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 484 |
| Dimensions | 154 × 228 × 30 mm · 678 g |
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