The Mayan in the Mall Globalization, Development, and the Making of Modern Guatemala |
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| Author:
| Way, J. T. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8223-5131-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.