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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sergio RomeroPublisher: University of Utah Press,U.S. Imprint: University of Utah Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.40cm ISBN: 9781647690373ISBN 10: 1647690374 Pages: 166 Publication Date: 30 May 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAdds significantly to our understanding of the specific history and sociolinguistics of K'iche' in Guatemala. This book shows how careful analysis of the minutiae of daily interactive conversational practice encodes, indexes, reveals, and creates the social structure of a community. --Judith Maxwell, associate professor and head of the Interdisciplinary Linguistics Program at Tulane University Romero masterfully blends together three disciplines--ethnography, linguistics, and literary studies--to make a compelling argument about the interrelationship between language and ethnicity. His command of the language and his skill as a linguist shines throughout the book. --Walter E. Little, professor of anthropology, University at Albany--SUNY This book is a tour de force.... Romero successfully blends history, linguistics, religious study, and poetics into a complex picture of social interaction, identity formation and negotiation, as well as political expression. --Journal of Anthropological Research Author InformationSergio Romero is an assistant professor and director of the Indigenous Language Initiative at the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin. He has worked and lived with the Maya for more than twenty years, especially with the K’ichee’ of highland Guatemala, whose language he speaks fluently. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |