Ch'orti'-Maya survival in eastern Guatemala : indigeneity in transition / Brent E. Metz.

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Albany, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-339) and index.

Introduction: What's indigenous, what's Maya? -- In search of indigeneity in eastern Guatemala -- History of the Jocotán Parish, 1524-1930 -- Las ruinas -- A sense of centrality -- The dis-integration of subsistence cultures -- Excluded from "nuestra patria Guatemala," our fatherland -- New opportunities, identities, and challenges in the global market -- The Ch'orti' Maya movement -- Conclusion: Indigenous Maya Ch'orti's.

"Scholars and Guatemalans have characterized eastern Guatemala as "Ladino" or non-Indian. The Ch'orti' do not exhibit the obvious indigenous markers found among the Mayas of western Guatemala, Chiapas, and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Few still speak Ch'orti', most no longer wear distinctive dress, and most community organizations have long been abandoned."

"During the colonial period, the Ch'orti' region was adjacent to relatively vibrant economic regions of Central America that included major trade routes, mines, and dye plantations. In the twentieth century Ch'orti's directly experienced U.S.-backed dictatorships, a thirty-six-year civil war from start to finish, and Christian evangelization campaigns, all while their population has increased exponentially. These have had tremendous impacts on Ch'orti' identities and cultures."

"From 1991 to 1993, Brent Metz lived in three Ch'orti Maya-speaking communities, learning the language, conducting household surveys, and interviewing informants. He found Ch'orti's to be ashamed of their indigeneity, and he was fortunate to be present and involved when many Ch'orti's joined the Maya Movement. He has continued to expand his ethnographic research of the Ch'orti' annually ever since and has witnessed how Ch'orti's are reformulating their history and identity."--Jacket

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