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Book Synopsis Ch’ayemal nich’nabiletik / Los hijos errantes / The Errant Children by : Mikel Ruiz
Download or read book Ch’ayemal nich’nabiletik / Los hijos errantes / The Errant Children written by Mikel Ruiz and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mikel Ruiz's The Errant Children, the first novel published in the Tsotsil Maya language, offers a bold and unflinching portrayal of contemporary Maya life in Chiapas, México. Pedro Ton Tsepente' has a position in his village's traditional council, but rather than taking just a few ceremonial drinks, he becomes an alcoholic, subject to blackouts and delirium tremens. His wife, Pascuala, rages at God to step in and change her husband's behavior, taking extreme measures when He does not. Their neighbor, seventeen-year-old Ignacio Ts'unun, learns about gender relations by watching television programs where beautiful women are lighter-skinned and about sex by watching pornography, which leads to disastrous choices. These characters' suffering comes not from conquerors, missionaries, or settlers but from invasive economic and cultural forces that can make Indigenous people devalue themselves. Do not expect to be uplifted, but do prepare to be astonished.
Book Synopsis Maya/Atlantis by : Augustus Le Plongeon
Download or read book Maya/Atlantis written by Augustus Le Plongeon and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Le Maya Q'atzij/Our Maya Word by : Emil’ Keme
Download or read book Le Maya Q'atzij/Our Maya Word written by Emil’ Keme and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing to the fore the voices of Maya authors and what their poetry tells us about resistance, sovereignty, trauma, and regeneration In 1954, Guatemala suffered a coup d’etat, resulting in a decades-long civil war. During this period, Indigenous Mayans were subject to displacement, disappearance, and extrajudicial killing. Within the context of the armed conflict and the postwar period in Guatemala, K’iche’ Maya scholar Emil’ Keme identifies three historical phases of Indigenous Maya literary insurgency in which Maya authors use poetry to dignify their distinct cultural, political, gender, sexual, and linguistic identities. Le Maya Q’atzij / Our Maya Word employs Indigenous and decolonial theoretical frameworks to critically analyze poetic works written by ten contemporary Maya writers from five different Maya nations in Iximulew/Guatemala. Similar to other Maya authors throughout colonial history, these authors and their poetry criticize, in their own creative ways, the continuing colonial assaults to their existence by the nation-state. Throughout, Keme displays the decolonial potentialities and shortcomings proposed by each Maya writer, establishing a new and productive way of understanding Maya living realities and their emancipatory challenges in Iximulew/Guatemala. This innovative work shows how Indigenous Maya poetics carries out various processes of decolonization and, especially, how Maya literature offers diverse and heterogeneous perspectives about what it means to be Maya in the contemporary world.
Book Synopsis Selected Chapters from The Writing of the Maya Indians by : I︠U︡. V. Knorozov
Download or read book Selected Chapters from The Writing of the Maya Indians written by I︠U︡. V. Knorozov and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maya written by Peter J. Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at Mayan civilization, including Mayan architecture, astronomy, history, mathematics, politics, religion, commerce, navigation, sculpture, and handicrafts.
Book Synopsis Creation of the Maya by : Rebecca Hinson
Download or read book Creation of the Maya written by Rebecca Hinson and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-22 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creation of the Maya and La creación de los mayas tell the creation legend of the Maya. First the gods made them out of clay. But when the rains came, the clay dissolved and washed away. Next the gods made them out of wood, but their hearts were hard and they could not love, so the gods destroyed them. Next the gods took white corn, black corn, and yellow corn. They ground it, and mixed it with water to make dough, which they used to form people. That¿s where the beautiful color of the Mayas comes from.
Book Synopsis The Maya - People of the Maize by : Diana L. Driver
Download or read book The Maya - People of the Maize written by Diana L. Driver and published by . This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the Maya, a brilliant and bloodthirsty culture, with ominous predictions about the end of the Fourth Age of Creation on December 21, 2012... The Maya created a civilization based on terror and human sacrifice and yet managed to excel in the arts, writing, mathematics, astronomy, and the building of temple structures that rival the Egyptian pyramids. However, by the time the Spanish arrived, most of the great Mayan cities had been abandoned and reclaimed by the jungle. Why did this happen? The Maya, People of the Maize is a brief guidebook for readers interested in an overall view of the intriguing and fascinating Mayan culture. It offers readers a basic understanding of ancient Mayan history, religion, and social structure. The Maya, People of the Maize includes examples of Mayan art, pictures and descriptions of Mayan temples, as well as translations of Mayan glyphs-- including the glyphs of the Mayan Long Count Calendar. At the end of the book, the author has included information about predictions concerning the end of the Fourth Age of Creation, December 21, 2012. These predictions come not only from the Maya themselves, but from the I Ching, Edgar Cayce, the Hopi nation, and other sources.
Book Synopsis Queen Moo's Talisman by : Alice Le Plongeon
Download or read book Queen Moo's Talisman written by Alice Le Plongeon and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compilation work on the Maya civilization. From the preface: "In justice to the author of "Queen Moo's Talisman," it may be recorded that at the time of its writing, there was no intention of allowing the verses to go into print; they were penned only for the one to whom they are dedicated. The songs introduced have been arranged to the metre of the two or three ancient melodies yet occasionally heard among the natives of Yucatan. The one to the rain gods is a versification (set to the tune even now used in a sun-dance) of an old Maya prayer translated from that language by Dr. Le Plongeon and published in his work "Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphinx." The melody to which the Love Song is set is not Maya. In connection with the lines touching upon love and pain it may be remarked that in the Maya language there is but one word to express both. In this poem are represented as nearly as possible, the religious ideas of the Mayas, their belief in KU, the Supreme Intelligence; in the immortality of the soul, and in successive lives on earth before returning to the great Source whence all emanate; also their rites and ceremonies as gathered from traditions of the natives of Yucatan, the fresco paintings found at Chichen, and the books of ancient Maya authors. As the general reader can hardly be expected to be familiar with the peculiar customs and ideas of the natives of Central America, these are sufficiently set forth in the Introduction, a careful perusal of which will greatly contribute to an appreciation of the poem. Attention is also invited to the separate page containing a list of the Maya names and their meanings. The second part of this narrative poem must be regarded not as a matter of belief on the part of the author, but solely as having been suggested by the belief of the natives who worked for Dr. Le Plongeon in his explorations among the ruins of Chichen."
Book Synopsis Time and the Highland Maya by : Barbara Tedlock
Download or read book Time and the Highland Maya written by Barbara Tedlock and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Described as a landmark in the ethnographic study of the Maya, this study of ritual and cosmology among the contemporary Quiche Indians of highland Guatemala has now been updated to address changes that have occurred in the last decade. The Classic Mayan obsession with time has never been better known. Here, Barbara Tedlock redirects our attention to the present-day keepers of the ancient calendar. Combining anthropology with formal apprenticeship to a diviner, she refutes long-held ethnographic assumptions and opens a door to the order of the Mayan cosmos and its daily ritual. Unable to visit the region for over ten years, Tedlock returned in 1989 to find that observance of the traditional calendar and religion is stronger than ever, despite a brutal civil war. ." . . a well-written, highly readable, and deeply convincing contribution. . . ."--Michael Coe
Download or read book Maya Healers written by Fran Antmann and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary Nonfiction. Art. Photography. Latinx Studies. A stunning book of photographs and writing that explores the power and mystery of ancient indigenous healing practices among the Maya people of Guatemala. "Fran Antmann grew to know a culture, lived in it, merged with it, translated it, and loved it. She photographed the dreams that guide us to wisdom and healing, then wrapped those images in quetzal feathers. Today, she returns her vision of the world to the men and women she met through this encounter between cultures. It is a privilege to have been invited to write the preface to this book which is more than a book--it is a revelation."--Carolina Escobar Sarti, Guatemalan poet "Fran Antmann's work in MAYA HEALERS, years in the making, is imbued with the depth and texture only great photography can achieve; where the images transcend being mere documents but reach great art. Many of the images, especially of the people in their daily lives, are transcendent and absolutely gorgeous, revealing an empathy and visual perception that is timeless."--Ed Kashi, international prize-winning photojournalist
Book Synopsis World of the Maya by : Victor W. Von Hagen
Download or read book World of the Maya written by Victor W. Von Hagen and published by Signet. This book was released on 1960 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maya written by Naida Kirkpatrick and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2003-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how the ancient Mayan people lived by describing their social, economic, political, religious, and cultural life, and looks at how archaeologists learn about ancient civilizations.
Download or read book Maya written by Pierre Ivanoff and published by . This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Place of the Lord's Daughter by : Ruud van Akkeren
Download or read book Place of the Lord's Daughter written by Ruud van Akkeren and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Emilio del Valle Escalante Publisher :School for Advanced Research Press ISBN 13 :9781930618138 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (181 download)
Book Synopsis Maya Nationalisms and Postcolonial Challenges in Guatemala by : Emilio del Valle Escalante
Download or read book Maya Nationalisms and Postcolonial Challenges in Guatemala written by Emilio del Valle Escalante and published by School for Advanced Research Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past few decades, indigenous movements throughout the Americas have become the cornerstone of popular mobilizations. These movements have made their mark in diverse institutional and political landscapes. Although this prominence has been considered a recent phenomenon, it is but the latest example of the ongoing creativity of indigenous peoples in their efforts to achieve civil rights and legal recognition as differentiated cultural entities. Their struggle has changed the makeup of Latin American nation-states to the point that these can no longer be conceived in conventional terms, that is, as culturally and linguistically homogenous. This book focuses on the emergence and political-cultural implications of Guatemala's Maya movement. It explores how, since the 1970s, indigenous peoples have been challenging established, hegemonic narratives of modernity, history, nation, and cultural identity as these relate to the indigenous world. For the most part, these narratives have been fabricated by non-indigenous writers who have had the power not only to produce and spread knowledge but also to speak for and about the Maya world. Contemporary Maya narratives promote nationalisms based on the reaffirmation of Maya ethnicity and languages that constitute what it means to be Maya in present-day society, as well as political-cultural projects oriented toward the future.
Download or read book Chan Kom written by Robert Redfield and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Time Commences in Xibalbá by : Luis de Lión
Download or read book Time Commences in Xibalbá written by Luis de Lión and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time Commences in Xibalbá tells the story of a violent village crisis in Guatemala sparked by the return of a prodigal son, Pascual. He had been raised tough by a poor, single mother in the village before going off with the military. When Pascual comes back, he is changed—both scarred and “enlightened” by his experiences. To his eyes, the village has remained frozen in time. After experiencing alternative cultures in the wider world, he finds that he is both comforted and disgusted by the village’s lingering “indigenous” characteristics. De Lión manages to tell this volatile story by blending several modes, moods, and voices so that the novel never falls into the expected narrative line. It wrenches the reader’s sense of time and identity by refusing the conventions of voice and character to depict a new, multi-layered periphery. This novel demands that we leave preconceptions about indigenous culture at the front cover and be ready to come out the other side not only with a completely different understanding of indigeneity in Latin America, but also with a much wider understanding of how supposedly peripheral peoples actually impact the modern world. The first translation into English of this thought-provoking novel includes a conluding essay by the translator suggesting that a helpful approach for the reader might be to see the work as enacting the never-quite-there poetics of translation underlying Guatemala’s indigenous heart. An afterword by Arturo Arias, the leading thinker on Indigenous modernities in Guatemala, offers important approaches to interpreting this challenging novel by showing how Guatemala’s colonial legacy cannot escape its racial overtones and sexual undertones as the nation-state struggles to find a suitable place in the modern world.
