Telling Maya Tales: Tzotzil Identities in Modern Mexico

by Gary H. Gossen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415914671
• ISBN13: 9780415914673
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"