Memories of the Maya
National Histories, Cultural Identities, and Academic Orthodoxy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8243704 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn M Hudson (0000-0002-5313-1544, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, corresponding author), John S Henderson (Cornell University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 11-44 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AUC STUDIA TERRITORIALIA (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1213-4449 • E-ISSN: 2336-3231 |
| Publisher | Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14712/23363231.2021.8 |
| OpenAlex | W3185328406 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood’s travel accounts celebrating ancient Maya sculpture and architecture set the stage for the emphasis of the Maya as the pinnacle of cultural development in Mexico and Central America and for the appropriation of Maya prehistory as the foundation of modern national histories and identities. In the twentieth century, these discourses intensified into two interconnected hegemonic narratives – one in syntheses of precolumbian history by North American archaeologists and the other in national histories produced in Central America – that privileged the Maya as a source of history, legitimacy, and identity. This paper explores these narratives as they occur in Honduras through three distinct but interrelated lenses: academic discourse on Honduran archaeology; the conceptualization and development of a Honduran national identity; and the engagement of descendant groups with this constructed heritage. Considered together, these perspectives illuminate the complex cultural and political foundation(s) of memory. DOI: 10.14712/23363231.2021.8
Aesthetics · Appropriation · Archaeology · Art · Cultural hegemony · Ethnology · Hegemony · Identity (music · Literature · Maya · Narrative · National identity · Orthodoxy · Political science · Politics · Prehistory · Sociology · Anthropology · Historical Studies in Latin America · History · Latin American history and culture · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America
Rethinking Bi‐Polar Constructions of Ethnicity
A Social History of Anthropology in the United States
The House of the Bacabs, Copan, Honduras
Archaeological Investigations in the Valle de Naco, Northwestern Honduras
Interregional Interaction in the SE Maya Periphery
Archaeology of the North Coast of Honduras
The Archaeology of Central and Southern Honduras
Ceramics and Artifacts from Excavations in the Copan Residential Zone
The Cuyamel Caves
Historical Implications of a Pattern of Dates at Piedras Negras, Guatemala
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |