Indigenous Cosmolectics Kab'awil and the Making of Maya and Zapotec Literatures |
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| Author:
| Chacón, Gloria Elizabeth |
| Series title: | Critical Indigeneities Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-3679-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Considers the growing number of contemporary Indigenous writers who turn to Maya and Zapotec languages alongside Spanish translations of their work to challenge the tyranny of monolingualism and cultural homogeneity. Gloria E. Chacon argues that these Maya and Zapotec authors reconstruct an Indigenous literary tradition rooted in an Indigenous cosmolectics.
Considers the growing number of contemporary Indigenous writers who turn to Maya and Zapotec languages alongside Spanish translations of their work to challenge the tyranny of monolingualism and cultural homogeneity. Gloria E. Chacon argues that these Maya and Zapotec authors reconstruct an Indigenous literary tradition rooted in an Indigenous cosmolectics.