Writing the land, writing humanity : the Maya literary renaissance / Charles M. Pigott.
| Author/creator | Pigott, Charles M. author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xxvi, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Perspectives on the non-human in literature and culture Perspectives on the non-human in literature and culture. ^A1435209 |
| Contents | Prologue Chapter One: Literary Inhabitation Part One: Lu'um: Writing the Land Chapter Two: My Land Chapter Three: Memories from the Heart of the Forest Chapter Four: They Sing Chapter Five: A Dog's Lament of a Dog's Life Part Two: Wíinik: Writing Humanity Chapter Six: Primordial Fire Chapter Seven: Tales of Old Mother Corn Chapter Eight: The Suffering of My Village and Women of Today Chapter Nine: Grandfather Gregorio: A Maya Sage Epilogue: Towards an Intercultural and Translingual Ecocriticism |
| Abstract | The Maya Literary Renaissance is a growing yet little-known literary phenomenon that can redefine our understanding of "literature" universally. By analyzing eight representative texts of this new and vibrant literary movement, the book argues that the texts present literature as a trans-species phenomenon that is not reducible only to human creativity. Based on detailed textual analysis of the literature in both Maya and Spanish as well as first-hand conversations with the writers themselves, the book develops the first conceptual map of how literature constantly emerges from wider creative patterns in nature. This process, defined as literary inhabitation, is explained by synthesizing core Maya cultural concepts with diverse philosophical, literary, anthropological and biological theories. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Biographical note | Charles M. Pigott is an Assistant Professor of Literature at UDLAP and Quondam Fellow of Hughes Hall (Cambridge). His other publications include "Maize and Semiotic Emergence in a Contemporary Maya Tale" (Tapuya), "The Last Inca: Hegemony and Abjection in an Andean Poetics of Discrimination" (Modern Languages Open) and "Ecological Ethics in Andean Songs" (Studies in American Indian Literatures). |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed March 30, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | 0367473526 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781003035046 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1003035043 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781000054248 (electronic bk. ; PDF) |
| ISBN | 1000054241 (electronic bk. ; PDF) |
| ISBN | 9781000054309 (electronic bk. ; EPUB) |
| ISBN | 1000054306 (electronic bk. ; EPUB) |
| ISBN | 9781000054279 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket) |
| ISBN | 1000054276 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4324/9781003035046 |
| Stock number | 9781003035046 Taylor & Francis |
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