Converting Words

Auteur: Hanks, William F.
Editeur: University of California Press
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.

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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.
ISBN / EAN 9780520257702
Auteur Hanks, William F.
Editeur University of California Press