Telling Maya Tales: Tzotzil Identities in Modern Mexico

by Gary H. Gossen

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Telling Maya Tales offers an experimental ethnographic portrait of the San Juan Chamula, the largest and most influential Maya community of Highland Chiapas, in the late twentieth century--the era of the Zapatistas. In this collection of essays, the author, whose field work in the area spans two generations of anthropological thought, explores several expressions of Tzotzil ethnic affirmation, ranging from oral narrative to ritual drama and political action. His work covers the current era, when the Chamula Tzotzils mingle chaotically and sometimes violently with the social and political space of modern Mexico--most recently, in the context of the Maya Zapatista movement of 1994.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0415914663

ISBN13:9780415914666

Release Date:November 1998

Publisher:Routledge

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.0"

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Anthropology Cultural Literature & Fiction Native American Studies Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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