Juan the Chamula - An Ethnological Recreation of the Life of a Mexican Indian

Zusatztext "...a Mexican classic. The first-person narrative traces Juan's life from childhood as he serves in three different armies during the revolution, goes to jail for a crime he only witnessed and returns to his village to serve happily in its religious and civic hierarchy. His vitality and resilience make him the hero of an authentic epic." Klappentext This book concerns an indigenous group of Tzotzil-speaking Indians living in the mountain highlands in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. It has been recognized as one of the most skillful handlings of Indian themes in Mexican literature. Zusammenfassung Deals with an indigenous group of Tzotzil-speaking Indians living in the mountain highlands in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

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• Authors: Ricardo Pozas, Pozas Ricardo
• Assisted by: Lysander Kemp (Translation), Kemp Lysander (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1962
• EAN: 9780520010277
• ISBN: 978-0-520-01027-7
• No. of pages: 124
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Mexico, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples