Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 3: Literatures

Published by University of Texas Press 1985

Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 3

Literatures

Edited by: Victoria Reifler Bricker and Munro S. Edmonson

https://doi.org/10.7560/775930

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About this book

The sixteen-volume Handbook of Middle American Indians, completed in 1976, has been acclaimed the world over as the single most valuable resource ever produced for those involved in the study of Mesoamerica. When it was determined in 1978 that the Handbook should be updated periodically, Victoria Reifler Bricker, well-known cultural anthropologist, was elected to be general editor.

This third volume of the Supplement is devoted to the aboriginal literatures of Mesoamerica, a topic receiving little attention in the original Handbook. According to the general editor, "This volume does more than supplement and update the coverage of Middle American Indian literatures in the Handbook. It breaks new ground by defining the parameters of a new interdisciplinary field in Middle American Indian studies."

The aim of the present volume is to consider literature from five Middle American Indian languages: Nahuatl, Yucatecan Maya, Quiche, Tzotzil, and Chorti. The first three literatures are well documented for both the Classical and Modern variants of their languages and are obvious candidates for inclusion in this volume. The literatures of Tzotzil and Chorti, on the other hand, are oral, and heretofore little has been written of their genres and styles.

Taken together, these essays represent a substantial contribution to the Handbook series, with the volume editor's introduction placing in geographic perspective the five literatures chosen as representative of the Middle American literary tradition.

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Victoria R. Bricker is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Tulane University. Munro S. Edmonson (1924–2002) was Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
General Editors Preface Victoria Reifler Bricker Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction Munro S. Edmonson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Nahuatl Literature Miguel León-Portilla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
3. Yucatecan Mayan Literature Munro S. Edmonson and Victoria R. Bricker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
4. Tzotzil Literature Gary H. Gossen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
5. Quiche Literature Munro S. Edmonson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
6. Cyclical Patterns in Chorti (Mayan) Literature John Fought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 208

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Published: January 7, 2015
ISBN: 9780292753716