Monkey Business Theatre / by Robert M. Laughlin and Sna Jtz'ibajom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laughlin, Robert M.

Contributor:

Sna Jtz'ibajom.

Teatro Lo'il Maxil.

Series:

Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies.

The Linda Schele Series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teatro Lo'il Maxil.

Tzotzil drama.

Tzeltal drama.

Puppet theater--Mexico.

Puppet theater.

Mexican drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1983, a group of citizens in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, formed Sna Jtz'ibajom, the Tzotzil-Tzeltal Maya writers' cooperative. In the two decades since, this group has evolved from writing and publishing bilingual booklets to writing and performing plays that have earned them national and international renown. Anthropologist Robert M. Laughlin has been a part of the group since its beginnings, and he offers a unique perspective on its development as a Mayan cultural force. The Monkey Business Theatre, or Teatro Lo'il Maxil, as this branch of Sna Jtz'ibajom calls itself, has presented plays in virtually every corner of the state of Chiapas, as well as in Mexico City, Guatemala, Honduras, Canada, and in many museums and universities in the United States. It has presented to the world, for the first time in drama, a view of the culture of the Mayas of Chiapas. In this work, Laughlin presents a translation of twelve of the plays created by Sna Jtz'ibajom, along with an introduction for each. Half of the plays are based on myths and half on the social, political, and economic problems that have confronted—and continue to confront—the Mayas of Chiapas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword: Th e Visitors’ Question

preface: Recollections of a Ghost

Acknowledgments

Pronunciation and translation

1 Looking Back, Looking Forward:

2 Febrero Loco:

3 The Theatre on the Road:

4 Personal and Social Impacts

5 The Immokalee Special: Social Action in Florida

6 The Future

The plays

The Loafer and the Buzzard

Who Believes in Spooks

Deadly Inheritance

Jaguar Dynasty

Let’s Go to Paradise

From All for All

Torches for a New Dawn

The Story of Our Roots

Workers in the Other World

When Corn Was Born

Mexico with Us Forever

The World Turned on Its Head

Appendix 1: Individuals Referred to in the Text

Appendix 2: Members and Former Members of Sna Jtz’ibajom

Appendix 3: Length of Service

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-307) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79453-3

OCLC:

646761246