Guatemala: Towards An Ideology Of Gesture: Gesture, Body Movement, And Language Ideology Among ...

Guatemala: Towards An Ideology Of Gesture: Gesture, Body Movement, And Language Ideology Among Q'eqchi'-Maya Catholics Eric Hoenes del Pinal, 2011   While much attention has been paid to how linguistic practices and language ideologies shape local forms of Christianity, relatively little attention has been paid to the role that non-verbal communicative codes and people's ideas about them play in these same processes. This paper analyzes the gestural and bodily practices of Q'eqchi'-Maya...

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