| #1223618 in Books | University of Oklahoma Press | 2012-10-05 | 2012-10-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.87 x6.00l,1.25 | File type: PDF | 368 pages | |||
“This remarkable book is the result of Heidi Moksnes’s sustained witnessing of the Catholic Mayas’ struggles for social justice in San Pedro Chenalhó, from the 1990s to the present. An outstanding example of practicing solidarity
Maya Exodus offers a richly detailed account of how a group of indigenous people has adopted a global language of human rights to press claims for social change and social justice. Anthropologist Heidi Moksnes describes how Catholic Maya in the municipality of Chenalhó in Chiapas, Mexico, have changed their position vis-à-vis the Mexican state—from being loyal clients dependent on a patron, to being citizens who have rights—as a mean...
You easily download any file type for your device.Maya Exodus: Indigenous Struggle for Citizenship in Chiapas | Heidi Moksnes. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
