Chol (Mayan) Folktales: A Collection of Stories from the Modern Maya of Southern Mexico
- ISBN-10
- 1607324873
- ISBN-13
- 9781607324874
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 199
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-07
- Publisher
- University Press of Colorado
- Authors
- Nicholas A. Hopkins, J. Kathryn Josserand, Ausencio Cruz Guzmán
Description
"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"--
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