Words Of The True Peoples/palabras De Los Seres Verdaderos: Anthology Of Contemporary Mexican Indigenous Language Writers/antología De Escritores Actuales En Lenguas Indígenas De México
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 Mexicos ten to twenty million indigenous peoples are now being widely…
Words Of The True Peoples/palabras De Los Seres Verdaderos: Anthology Of Contemporary Mexican Indigenous Language Writers/antología De Escritores Actuales En Lenguas Indígenas De México
This 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…
Words Of The True Peoples/palabras De Los Seres Verdaderos: Anthology Of Contemporary Mexican Indigenous Language Writers/antología De Escritores Actuales En Lenguas Indígenas De México
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 Mexicos ten to twenty million indigenous peoples are now being widely…