{"product_id":"chiapas-maya-awakening-contemporary-poems-and-short-stories-paperback-softback-9780806155616","title":"Chiapas Maya Awakening; Contemporary Poems and Short Stories (Paperback \/ softback) 9780806155616","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChiapas Maya Awakening\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eContemporary Poems and Short Stories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSean S. Sell (Edited and translated by), Nicolás Huet Bautista (Edited by), Marceal Méndez (Foreword by), Inés Hernández-Ávila (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780806155616\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 January 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages, 11 black \u0026amp; white illustrations, 1 map, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.4 cm, 0.336 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eChiapas Maya Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e is a long-awaited contribution to American literature. Readers of all cultural backgrounds will find fertile ground for self-reflection in the works of these contemporary Maya writers, rooted in their oral traditions and in the worlds of their ancestors.\"\"  - Christine Eber, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Journey of a Tzotzil-Maya Woman of Chiapas, Mexico: Pass Well over the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMexico's indigenous people speak a number of rich and complex languages today, as they did before the arrival of the Spanish. Yet a common misperception is that Mayas have no languages of their own, only \u003ci\u003edialectos\u003c\/i\u003e, and therefore live in silence. In reality, contemporary Mayas are anything but voiceless. \u003ci\u003eChiapas Maya Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of poems and short stories by indigenous authors from Chiapas, Mexico, is an inspiring testimony to their literary achievements. A unique trilingual edition, it presents the contributors' works in the living Chiapas Mayan languages of Tsotsil and Tseltal, along with English and Spanish translations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As Sean S. Sell, Marceal Méndez, and Inés Hernández-ávila explain in their thoughtful introductory pieces, the indigenous authors of this volume were born between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s, a time of growing cultural awareness among the native communities of Chiapas. Although the authors received a formal education, their language of instruction was Spanish, and they had to pursue independent paths to learn to read and write in their native tongues. In the book's first half, devoted to poetry, the writers consciously speak for their communities. Their verses evoke the quetzal, the moon, and the sea and reflect the identities of those who celebrate them. The short stories that follow address aspects of modern Maya life. In these stories, mistrust and desperation yield violence among a people whose connection to the land is powerful but still precarious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChiapas Maya Awakening \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates that Mayas are neither a vanished ancient civilization nor a remote, undeveloped people. Instead, through their memorable poems and stories, the indigenous writers of this volume claim a place of their own within the broader fields of national and global literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551743013144,"sku":"9780806155616","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chiapas-maya-awakening-contemporary-poems-and-short-stories-paperback-softback-9780806155616","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}