The Mayan in the Mall

Author	: J. T. Way
Publisher	: Duke University Press
Total Pages	: 329
Release	: 2012-04-16
ISBN-10	: 9780822351313
ISBN-13	: 0822351315
Rating	: 4/5 (13 Downloads)

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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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