The Legacy of Mesoamerica History and Culture of a Native American Civilization, 2nd Edition

482 UNIT 4 MESOAMERICAN CULTURAL FEATURES Octavio Paz (1914–1998) Octavio Paz is among the foremost of many writers and artists ...

CHAPTER 13 THE INDIAN VOICE IN RECENT MESOAMERICAN LITERATURE 483 In contrast to Guadalupe, who is the Virgin Mother, the Chinga ...

484 UNIT 4 MESOAMERICAN CULTURAL FEATURES In the following excerpt (from the 1962 English translation Juan the Chamula), Juan Pé ...

CHAPTER 13 THE INDIAN VOICE IN RECENT MESOAMERICAN LITERATURE 485 Ermilo Abreu Gómez (1894–1971) Ermilo Abreu Gómez was a noveli ...

486 UNIT 4 MESOAMERICAN CULTURAL FEATURES The year 1761 was the date of a rebellion in which the Mayas—subscribing to a prophecy ...

CHAPTER 13 THE INDIAN VOICE IN RECENT MESOAMERICAN LITERATURE 487 hunters had abandoned the one who was hit by the rock—maybe bu ...

488 UNIT 4 MESOAMERICAN CULTURAL FEATURES which the following excerpt is taken, mounts what is essentially an epic framework for ...

CHAPTER 13 THE INDIAN VOICE IN RECENT MESOAMERICAN LITERATURE 489 Mayan historical tradition that dates at least to the first ce ...

490 UNIT 4 MESOAMERICAN CULTURAL FEATURES to share qualities with gods and to communicate with them. In effect, beautifully ex- ...

CHAPTER 13 THE INDIAN VOICE IN RECENT MESOAMERICAN LITERATURE 491 It is important to note that the couplet pattern and multiple ...

492 UNIT 4 MESOAMERICAN CULTURAL FEATURES Whether you look or whether you listen, you cannot spend time even as a ca- sual visit ...

CHAPTER 13 THE INDIAN VOICE IN RECENT MESOAMERICAN LITERATURE 493 glossed as k’op,which refers to nearly all forms of verbal beh ...

494 UNIT 4 MESOAMERICAN CULTURAL FEATURES Box 13.3 A Folk Taxonomy of Chamula Verbal Behavior “Ordinary Language” is restricted ...

CHAPTER 13 THE INDIAN VOICE IN RECENT MESOAMERICAN LITERATURE 495 Figure 13.5 A Folk Taxonomy of Chamula Verbal Behavior. After ...

496 UNIT 4 MESOAMERICAN CULTURAL FEATURES I shall be as father to you, I shall be as mother to you. For one year the same as for ...

CHAPTER 13 THE INDIAN VOICE IN RECENT MESOAMERICAN LITERATURE 497 Great San Juan, Great Patron, I search over the earth, I searc ...

498 UNIT 4 MESOAMERICAN CULTURAL FEATURES Box 13.4 Huichol Journey to Find Their Life The text to follow, though cast in somewha ...

CHAPTER 13 THE INDIAN VOICE IN RECENT MESOAMERICAN LITERATURE 499 The Sierra Nahuatl of Central Mexico The text excerpt that is ...

500 UNIT 4 MESOAMERICAN CULTURAL FEATURES with me. We don’t want Our Father Díaz to watch over us any more. We want a better pre ...

CHAPTER 13 THE INDIAN VOICE IN RECENT MESOAMERICAN LITERATURE 501 movements, held a virtual monopoly (largely in the form of Bib ...