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05032aam a2200493 i 4500 001 1905E524253111EE91433F782CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230718010455 008 210617s2022 aluab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021028949 020 $a 0817321160 020 $a 9780817321161 035 $a (OCoLC)1243351740 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d YUS $d OCLCO $d I3U $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a ncgt--- 050 00 $a F1465.2.C3 $b B46 2022 082 00 $a 305.48/89742207281 $2 23 100 1 $a Bennett, Joyce N., $d 1985- $e author. 245 10 $a Good Maya women : $b migration and revitalization of clothing and language in highland Guatemala / $c Joyce N. Bennett. 264 1 $a Tuscaloosa : $b The University of Alabama Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xiii, 146 pages : $b color illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Part I. migration -- Brenda's story: "If they can support our language, why don't I?" -- Lucia and Melinda: "our language is valuable" -- Part II. activism -- Feeling strong through language revitalization -- Traje as co-text: clothing revitalization at home -- Conclusion: strength through solidarity -- Appendix: methodologies for researching language and clothing revitalization -- Glossary. 520 $a "Analyzes the forced migration of Maya women from the highlands of Guatemala and their turn toward language and indigenous clothing revitalization upon their return home"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a Analyzes the forced migration of Maya women from highland Guatemala and their turn toward language and Indigenous clothing in their homeland. Good Maya Women: Migration and Revitalization of Clothing and Language in Highland Guatemala analyzes how Indigenous women's migration contributes to women's empowerment in their home communities in Guatemala. This decolonial ethnographic analysis of Kaqchikel Maya women's linguistic and cultural activism demonstrates that marginalized people can and do experience empowerment and hope for the future of their communities, even while living under oppressive neoliberal regimes. Joyce N. Bennett contests dominant frameworks of affect theory holding that marginalized peoples never truly experience unrestricted hope or empowerment, and she contributes new understandings of the intimate connections between Indigenous women, migration, and language and clothing revitalization. Based on more than twenty months of fieldwork, the study begins with an ethnographic investigation of how economic policies force Indigenous women into migration for wage work. To survive, many, like the three young women profiled in this ethnography, are forced to leave their schooling, families, and highland homes to work in cities or other countries. They might work, for example, as vendors, selling crafts to tourists, or as housekeepers or waitresses. Their work exposes them to structural violence, including anti-Indigenous slurs, sexual harassment and violence, and robbery. Furthermore, the women are pressured to wear Western clothing and to speak Spanish, which endangers Indigenous culture and language in Guatemala. Yet the Indigenous migrant women profiled do not abandon their Indigenous clothing and language, in this case Kaqchikel Maya. Instead, they find inspiration and pride in revitalizing Kaqchikel traditions in their hometowns post-migration. As women attempt to revitalize Kaqchikel Maya language and clothing, they seek to earn the title of "good" women in their home communities. Unpacking women's daily activisms reveals that women attempt to retain their language and clothing and also collectively seek to make space for Indigenous people in the modern world. Bennett reveals that women find their attempts at revitalization to be personally empowering, even when their communities do not support them.--Publisher website. 650 0 $a Cakchikel Indians $x Ethnic identity. 650 0 $a Cakchikel women $x Clothing. 650 0 $a Cakchikel women $x Language. 650 0 $a Cakchikel textile fabrics $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Cakchikel language $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Return migration $z Guatemala. 650 6 $a Cakchiquel (Indiens) $x Identite ethnique. 650 6 $a Textiles et tissus cakchiquel $x Aspect social. 650 6 $a Cakchiquel (Langue) $x Aspect social. 650 6 $a Migration de retour $z Guatemala. 650 7 $a Cakchikel Indians $x Ethnic identity. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00843953 650 7 $a Cakchikel language $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00843965 650 7 $a Return migration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01096413 651 7 $a Guatemala. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205154 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bennett, Joyce N., 1985- $t Good Maya women $d Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2022. $z 9780817321161 $w (DLC) 2021028950 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117013955.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1905E524253111EE91433F782CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search