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An Unholy Rebellion, Killing the Gods
Political Ideology and Insurrection in the Mayan Popul Vuh and the Andean Huarochiri Manuscript
Erstverkaufstag: 20.08.2024
Langbeschreibung
This groundbreaking work in literature, cultural studies, and history compares the two greatest epics of the Indigenous peoples of Latin America: the Popul Vuh of the Quiché Maya of Guatemala and the Huarochiri Manuscript of Peru’s lower Andean regions.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface: Gods and Conquerors, Gods and Rebels INTRODUCTION: Cosmologies in Collision: Ideology and Historical Background of the Popul Vuh and the Huarochiri Manuscript CHAPTER 1: The Sources of Political Ambivalence in the Popul Vuh and the Huarochiri Manuscript: Centuries of Theological Doubt CHAPTER 2: Myth as a Cosmic Weapon: Questioning the Gods CHAPTER 3: Rebellion and the Merry Go Round of Sovereignty: Cyclical Notions of Time and Uprisings-Linearity and Resignation CHAPTER 4: The Teachings and Ethics of Huarochiri and the Popul Vuh: Andean and Mayan Legacies CONCLUSION: Impossible Conclusion?? Compassionate Rebellion as a Way of Life: The Ethical Takeaway NotesBibliography Index
Sharonah Esther Fredrick teaches in the College of Charleston’s Department of Hispanic Studies. She is the Colonial Americas editor for Routledge Resources Online—The Renaissance World.
ISBN-13:
9781496236753
Veröffentl:
2024
Erscheinungsdatum:
20.08.2024
Seiten:
368
Autor:
Sharonah Esther Fredrick
Format:
229x152x0 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
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