UID:
almahu_9949386326002882
Format:
1 online resource (xxvi, 268 pages) :
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9781003035046
,
1003035043
,
9781000054248
,
1000054241
,
9781000054309
,
1000054306
,
9781000054279
,
1000054276
Series Statement:
Perspectives on the non-human in literature and culture
Content:
The Maya Literary Renaissance is a growing yet little-known literary phenomenon that can redefine our understanding of "literature" universally. By analyzing eight representative texts of this new and vibrant literary movement, the book argues that the texts present literature as a trans-species phenomenon that is not reducible only to human creativity. Based on detailed textual analysis of the literature in both Maya and Spanish as well as first-hand conversations with the writers themselves, the book develops the first conceptual map of how literature constantly emerges from wider creative patterns in nature. This process, defined as literary inhabitation, is explained by synthesizing core Maya cultural concepts with diverse philosophical, literary, anthropological and biological theories. In the context of the Yucatan Peninsula, where the texts come from, literary inhabitation is presented as an integral part of bioregional becoming, the evolution of the Peninsula as a constantly unfolding dialogue
Note:
Prologue Chapter One: Literary Inhabitation Part One: Lu'um: Writing the Land Chapter Two: My Land Chapter Three: Memories from the Heart of the Forest Chapter Four: They Sing Chapter Five: A Dog's Lament of a Dog's Life Part Two: Wíinik: Writing Humanity Chapter Six: Primordial Fire Chapter Seven: Tales of Old Mother Corn Chapter Eight: The Suffering of My Village and Women of Today Chapter Nine: Grandfather Gregorio: A Maya Sage Epilogue: Towards an Intercultural and Translingual Ecocriticism
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0367473526
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003035046
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003035046
