Converting Words: Maya in the Age of the Cross Volume 6

(Part of the The Anthropology of Christianity Series)

by William F. Hanks

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520257715

ISBN13:9780520257719

Release Date:March 2010

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:484 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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