| Telling Maya Tales: Tzotzil Identities in Modern Mexico Contributor(s): Gossen, Gary H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415914671 ISBN-13: 9780415914673 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1998 Annotation: "Telling Maya Tales" offers a reflexive, multi-scenario account of the Chamula Tzotzils of Chiapas, Mexico, in the era of the Zapatistas, Protestants, and NAFTA. The author actually tells two closely interwoven tales, the first of which involves San Juan Chamula, whose many colonies constitute the largest and most influential Maya community of Highland Chiapas. Through their stories, ritual dramas and political action, various expressions of their ethnic affirmation are analyzed against the contested social and political space of modern Mexico. The second tale is autobiographical, an examination of the author's own life, ethnographic storytelling, and a career that spans the past 30 years in close association with San Juan Chamula. Gary H. Gossen considers how and what truth is represented in an ethnographer's narrative. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 305.897 |
| LCCN: 98-16529 |
| Series: Economy; 21 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.04" W x 9.03" (1.20 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
