Converting WordsMaya in the Age of the Cross

Maya in the age of the cross

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7539342
AutoresWilliam F Hanks (autor de correspondencia), William Hanks
Año2010
Páginas439
Fecha de publicación2010-03-17
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaConverting words (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/california/9780520257702.001.0001
OpenAlexW637394856
Open LibraryOL23654982M
ISBN9780520257702
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas183
Referencias citadas16

List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Field of Discourse Production The Making of a Translanguage * The Body as Totality * A Shifting Voice for Indian Authors Part I. The Scope of Reduccion 2. Perpetual Reduccion in a Land of Frontiers Notes on the Political Geography of Post-Mayapan Yucatan * Lopez Medel and the Spirit of the Laws * Reduccion in a Regional Perspective * A Land of Frontiers 3. To Make Themselves New Men Governance of the Guardiania * Disciplining the Senses * Bishop Toral's Vision * Cogolludo's Landscape * Guardiania and Cofradia * Cabildos in the Mission Towns Part II. Converting Words 4. From Field to Genre and Habitus Metalinguistic Labeling * Production Format and Author Position * I ndexical Centering in the Deictic Field * Stylistic Differentiation of Genres * Multimodality: Speech, Animation, Inscription * Iteration 5. First Words: From Spanish into Maya Dictionaries and the Problem of Authorship * The Thematic Scope of the Dictionaries * From Spanish into Maya * First Principles * R eligious Practices * Pedagogy * Language and Signs * G overnance * Marginal Practices 6. Commensuration: Maya as a Matrix Language Commensuration and Translingual Meaning * Fray Antonio de Ciudad Real, Exemplary Lengua 7. The Grammar of Reduccion and the Art of Speaking What Is an Arte? * The Shadow of Nebrija * Fray Juan Coronel, Arte en lengua de maya (1620) * G abriel de San Buenaventura, Arte de la lengua maya (1684) * Fray Pedro Beltran de Santa Rosa Maria, Arte de el Idioma Maya (1746) * Missionary Linguistics as a Hybrid System 8. The Canonical Word The Maya Doctrinas * What Is a Doctrina Menor? praying in maya / doctrinal dialogues / sermons Part III. Into the Breach: The Dispersion of Maya reducido 9. The Scripted Landscape What Is a Notarial Document? * L andscape as Text * Early Chronicles * The Titles of Ebtun * Bills of Sale 10. Petitions as Prayers in the Field of Reduccion Letters of the Caciques to the Crown, February 11, 1567 * L etter of the Batabs to the Crown, March 19, 1567 * Petition from Dzaptun, July 20, 1605 * Petitions from Numkini and Xecelchakan, November 1669 11. Cross Talk in the Books of Chilam Balam Doctrinal Language in the Books of Chilam Balam * True God Comes to Yucatan * The Sadness of the Christians * The Words of the Prophet Epilogue: Full Circle Notes References Cited Index

Archaeology · Art · Decipherment · Humanities · Linguistics · Literature · Maya · Meaning (existential · Sociology · History · Indigenous Cultures and History · Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education · Latin American history and culture · Philosophy · Administration · America · Catholic church · Christianity and culture · Christianity and other religions · Colonies · Colonization · Influence on Maya · Influence on Mayan · Influence on Spanish · Maya language · Mayas · Mexico · Missions · Religion · Spain · Spanish Catechisms · Spanish colony, 1540-1810 · Spanish language · Yucatán (State)