Words of the true peoples [electronic resource] : anthology of contemporary Mexican indigenous-language writers. Volume 1, Prose / edited by Carlos Montemayor and Donald Frischmann ; photography by George O. Jackson, Jr. = Palabras de los seres verdaderos : antologa de escritores actuales en lenguas indigenas de Mexico. Tomo 1, Prosa / editado por Carlos Montemayor and Donald Frischmann ; fotografa de George O. Jackson, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frischmann, Donald H.

Montemayor, Carlos, 1947-2010.

Series:

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous literature--Mexico--History and criticism.

Indigenous literature.

Indians of Mexico--Languages--Texts.

Indians of Mexico.

Maya literature--History and criticism.

Maya literature.

Mexican literature--History and criticism.

Mexican literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 257 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Palabras de los seres verdaderos

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As part of the larger, ongoing movement throughout Latin America to reclaim non-Hispanic cultural heritages and identities, indigenous writers in Mexico are reappropriating the written word in their ancestral tongues and in Spanish. As a result, the long-marginalized, innermost feelings, needs, and worldviews of Mexico's ten to twenty million indigenous peoples are now being widely revealed to the Western societies with which these peoples coexist. To contribute to this process and serve as a bridge of intercultural communication and understanding, this groundbreaking, three-volume anthology gathers works by the leading generation of writers in thirteen Mexican indigenous languages: Nahuatl, Maya, Tzotzil, Tzeltal, Tojolabal, Tabasco Chontal, Purepecha, Sierra Zapoteco, Isthmus Zapoteco, Mazateco, Ñahñu, Totonaco, and Huichol. Volume 1 contains narratives and essays by Mexican indigenous writers. Their texts appear first in their native language, followed by English and Spanish translations. Frischmann and Montemayor have abundantly annotated the English, Spanish, and indigenous-language texts and added glossaries and essays that trace the development of indigenous texts, literacy, and writing. These supporting materials make the anthology especially accessible and interesting for nonspecialist readers seeking a greater understanding of Mexico's indigenous peoples. The other volumes of this work will be Volume 2: Poetry/Poesía and Volume 3: Theater/Teatro.

Contents:

""Acknowledgments/Agradecimientos""; ""Abbreviations/Abreviaturas""; ""Past and Present Writing in Indigenous Languages (Carlos Montemayor)""; ""Pasado y presente de la escritura en lenguas indígenas (Carlos Montemayor)""; ""The Indigenous Word in Mesoamerica (Donald Frischmann)""; ""La Palabra indígena mesoamericana (Donald Frischmann)""; ""María Luisa Góngora Pacheco (Maya)""; ""X-ootzili""; ""Poverty""; ""La Pobreza""; ""Jorge Echeverría Lope (Maya)""; ""X-La -Boon-Suumij""; ""Ancient Rope Marks""; ""Vieja huella de soga""; ""Miguel Ángel May May (Maya)""

""Jump éel tzikbaal yo olal Yum Tzilo ob""""A Story about Yum Tziles""; ""Una narración sobre Yum Tziles""; ""Santiago Domínguez Aké (Maya)""; ""U pa ak al Ixi im""; ""The Sowing of Corn""; ""La siembra del Maíz""; ""Isaías Hernández Isidro (Tabasco Chontal)""; ""U ch ujlom k ajalin ta Zutz baläm""; ""The Secret of the Zutz baläm""; ""El secreto del Zutz baläm""; ""Enrique Pérez López (Tzotzil)""; ""K ox xchi uk yajval vo""; ""K ox and the Lord of the Water""; ""K ox y el Dueño del agua""; ""Jacinto Arias Pérez (Tzotzil)""

""Xch unel sk op kajvaltik ta ch ul na xchi uk li jtsotsil jtseltaletike""""Catholic Beliefs among the Tzotziles and Tzeltales""; ""Las creencias católicas entre los tzotziles y los tzeltales""; ""Diego Méndez Guzmán (Tzeltal)""; ""Lok ta beel te Kajkanantike""; ""Saint Ildefonso's Pilgrimage""; ""Peregrinar de San Ildefonso""; ""Domingo Gómez Gutiérrez (Tzeltal)""; ""Bats il Ajaw Jwan Lopes, Kanan Chij (Jman Enantes, Swijlibja, Chilon)""; ""Juan López, the Tzeltal Ajaw and Shepherd (Manuel Hernandez, Swijlibja, Chilon)""

""El Ajaw Tzeltal Juan López, el Pastor (Manuel Hernandez, Swijlibja, Chilon)""""María Roselia Jiménez (Tojolabal)""; ""Jas lo il ja statawelo, jtatawelotikoni""; ""A Tale from Our Grandfathers and Great-Great-Grandfathers""; ""Lo que contaron nuestros abuelos y tatarabuelos""; ""Javier Castellanos Martínez (Sierra Zapotec)""; ""Wila che be ze lhao""; ""Songs of Bezelhao""; ""Cantares de los vientos primerizos""; ""Joel Torres Sánchez (Purepecha)""; ""Ji no xukuamiska, ¡ji xurhijkirhiska! (Mindakata)""; ""I'm Not a Witch, I'm a Healer! (Selection)""

""No soy hechicera, ¡soy curandera! (Seleccion)""""Gabriel Pacheco (Huichol)""; ""Tatei Yurienaka""; ""Our Mother Yurienaka""; ""Nuestra Madre Yurienaka""; ""Librado Silva Galeana (Nahuatl)""; ""In temazcalli""; ""The Temascal""; ""El temascal""; ""Román Güemes Jiménez (Nahuatl)""; ""Chikomexochitl: Ne konetsij tlen tiopamitl kikuajki""; ""Chikomexóchitl: The Child the Church Devoured""; ""Chikomexóchitl: El niño devorado por el templo""; ""Appendices/Apendices""; ""Appendix A/Apendice A""; ""Appendix B/Apendice B""; ""Appendix C/Apendice C""; ""Appendix D/Apendice D""; ""Appendix E/Apendice E""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-292-73765-3

OCLC:

932314162