Indigenous cosmolectics : kab'awil and the making of Maya and Zapotec literatures / Gloria Elizabeth Chacón.
| Author/creator | Chacón, Gloria Elizabeth author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018] |
| Description | xiii, 243 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical indigeneities Critical indigeneities. ^A1325681 |
| Contents | Preface : "bilanguaging" indigenous texts -- Introduction : sculpting cosmolectics -- Literacy and power in Mesoamerica -- The formation of the contemporary Mesoamerican author -- Indigenous women, poetry, and the double gaze -- Contemporary Maya women's theater -- The novel in Zapotec and Maya lands -- Epilogue : inverting the gaze from California. |
| Abstract | " ... Focusing on work produced in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Chacón looks at the growing number of contemporary Indigenous writers who are reclaiming Maya and Zapotec languages alongside Spanish translations of their work, challenging monolingualism, and reconstructing an Indigenous literary tradition"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-236) and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2018004677 |
| ISBN | 9781469636757 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469636751 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9781469636795 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469636794 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PM3968 .C43 2018 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |