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Chol (Mayan) Folktales
Hopkins, Nicholas A.; Josserand, J.Kathryn; Guzman, Ausencio Cruz
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Description for Chol (Mayan) Folktales
Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 2. Weight in Grams: 346.
Chol (Mayan) Folktales deftly combines high-quality and thoughtfully edited transcriptions of oral storytelling with translation and narrative analysis, documenting and analyzing a trove of Chol folklore. The work provides a look into the folktale culture of the contemporary Maya presented with a rare and innovative theoretical framework. The rich Chol oral narrative tradition is represented by eleven stories, each printed in the original language of the storytellers with parallel English translations and accompanied by a brief introduction that provides the relevant cultural and mythological background. Included with eight of the stories is a link to an audio clip ... Read more
Chol (Mayan) Folktales deftly combines high-quality and thoughtfully edited transcriptions of oral storytelling with translation and narrative analysis, documenting and analyzing a trove of Chol folklore. The work provides a look into the folktale culture of the contemporary Maya presented with a rare and innovative theoretical framework. The rich Chol oral narrative tradition is represented by eleven stories, each printed in the original language of the storytellers with parallel English translations and accompanied by a brief introduction that provides the relevant cultural and mythological background. Included with eight of the stories is a link to an audio clip ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Colorado, United States
ISBN
9781607324874
SKU
V9781607324874
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About Hopkins, Nicholas A.; Josserand, J.Kathryn; Guzman, Ausencio Cruz
Nicholas A. Hopkins and J. Kathryn Josserand spent almost thirty years in the field collecting the oral folktales of the Chol Maya speakers. Their research on Chol and Epigraphic Maya was supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., among others. They founded Jaguar Tours and taught ... Read more
Reviews for Chol (Mayan) Folktales
"[Hopkins's and Josserand's] work indicates great care in collection and translation of a folk literature and stands as a worthy contribution to our understanding of contemporary Maya narrative." —Anthropology Review Database "With rich companion chapters to the collection of eleven tales, this book certainly achieves its goal [to 'convey a more nuanced sense of the oral tradition']. . . ... Read more