The Serpent's Plumes
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-9777-8 (ISBN)
The Serpent's Plumes analyzes contemporary Nahua cultural production, principally bilingual Nahuatl-Spanish xochitlajtoli, or "poetry," written from the 1980s to the present. Adam W. Coon draws on Nahua perspectives as a decolonizing theoretical framework to argue that Nahua writers deploy unique worldviews—namely, ixtlamatilistli ("knowledge with the face," which highlights the value of personal experiences); yoltlajlamikilistli ("knowledge with the heart," which underscores the importance of affective intelligence); and tlaixpan ("that which is in front," which presents the past as lying ahead of a subject rather than behind). The views of ixtlamatilistli, yoltlajlamikilistli, and tlaixpan are key in Nahua struggles and effectively challenge those who attempt to marginalize Native knowledge production.
Adam W. Coon is Associate Professor of Latin American Studies and Spanish at the University of Minnesota Morris.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Serpent's Quills, Keyboards, and Touchscreens: Writing, Not Being Written
1. More Mexican Because We Speak Mexican: Natalio Hernández Transgressing the Borders of Nationalist Discourse
2. Ritual Shouts of the Forgotten: Anti-colonial Protest in Martín Tonalmeyotl's Tlalkatsajtsilistle
3. Grinding Words: Ethel Xochitiotzin Pérez's Subversion of Nahua and Nation-State Patriarchy in Tlaoxtika in tlajtoli
4. Words of Water: Fluid Nahua Identities in Judith Santopietro's Palabras de agua
5. Redressing the Eagle and Feathered Serpent: Mardonio Carballo's Trans-Indigenous Dialogues and Descolonizing Contrapunteo
6. Nahuatl Language and Territory as Coping Strategies in Ateri Miyawatl's Neijmantototsintle (2018) and Tsintatak (2020)
Conclusion: Slinging Xochitlajtoli at Dams: A Prismatic Project(ion) of Contemporary Nahua Literature
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 20.04.2024 |
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Reihe/Serie | SUNY series, Trans-Indigenous Decolonial Critiques |
Zusatzinfo | Total Illustrations: 8 |
Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 227 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4384-9777-6 / 1438497776 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4384-9777-8 / 9781438497778 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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