The Mayan in the Mall

The Mayan in the Mall
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9780822351313
ISBN-13 : 0822351315
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Book Synopsis The Mayan in the Mall by : J. T. Way

Download or read book The Mayan in the Mall written by J. T. Way and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This twentieth-century history of Guatemala begins with an analysis of the Grand Tikal Futura, a postmodern shopping mall with a faux-Mayan facade that is surrounded by a landscape of gated subdivisions, evangelical churches, motels, Kaqchikel-speaking villages, and some of the most poverty-stricken ghettos in the hemisphere.


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