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The Journey of a Tzotzil-Maya Woman of Chiapas, Mexico
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Christine Eber
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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Most recent books about Chiapas, Mexico, focus on political conflicts and the indigenous movement for human rights at the macro level. None has explored those c
When a Woman Rises
Language: en
Pages: 271
Authors: Christine Eber
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-16 - Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press

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International Latino Book Award finalist, “Most Inspirational Fiction Book” 2020 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award, Multi-cultural Silver in Multicultural Ficti
Chiapas Maya Awakening
Language: en
Pages: 199
Authors: Sean S. Sell
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-01-13 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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Mexico’s indigenous people speak a number of rich and complex languages today, as they did before the arrival of the Spanish. Yet a common misperception is th
Mayan Tales from Chiapas, Mexico
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Robert M. Laughlin
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-01 - Publisher: UNM Press

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The forty-two stories presented in this book were told to Robert Laughlin in Tzotzil by Francisca Hernández Hernández, an elderly woman known as Doña Pancha,
Weaving Chiapas
Language: en
Pages: 358
Authors: Yolanda Castro Apreza
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-08 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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In the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, a large indigenous population lives in rural communities, many of which retain traditional forms of governance. In 1996, so