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008			102704r20082005txua b 000 p eng
010			_a2007000966
020			_a9781933693095
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050	0	0	_aPM4466.Z95 _bE533 2008
082	0	0	_aLAS 897.4 PAS
130	0		_aConjuros y ebriedades _l. English.
245	1	0	_aIncantations _b: song, spells and images by Mayan women _c/ fathermothers of the book, Ámbar Past with Xun Okotz and Xpetra Ernándes ; [translated by Ámbar Past]
250			_a1st ed
260			_aEl Paso _b: Cinco Puntos Press _c, [2008?]
300			_a229 p. _b: ill. _c; 22 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: Chiapas, Mexico : Taller Leñateros, 2005.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-229).
520			_aThis book of poems and stark, vivid illustrations is rooted in the female soul of indigenous Mexico. The Tzotzil women of the Chiapas Highlands are the poets and the artists. Ambar Past, who collected the poems and drawings, includes a moving essay about their poetics, beliefs, and history.In the 1970s, living among the Maya, Past watched the people endure as an epidemic swept through a village. No help came. Many children died. One mother offered her dead child a last sip of Coca-Cola and uttered a prayer:Take this sweet dew from the earth, take this honey. It will help you on your way. It will give you strength on your path.Incantations like this-poems about birth, love, hate, sex, despair, and death-coupled with primitive illustrations, provide a compelling insight into the psychology of these Mayan women poets. The Cinco Puntos edition of Incantations is a facsimile of the original handmade edition produced by the Taller Leñateros. It was reviewed in The New York Times.At the age of twenty-three, Ambar Past left the United States for Mexico. She lived among the Mayan people, teaching the techniques of native dyes and learning to speak Tzotzil. She is the creator of the graphic arts collective Taller Leñateros in Chiapas and was a founding member of Sna Jolobil, a weaving cooperative for Mayan artisans.
650		0	_aTzotzil poetry _x--Translations into English
650		0	_aTzotzil women
650		0	_aWomen shamans _z--Mexico _z--Chiapas
650		0	_aArtists' books _z--Mexico _z--Chiapas
700	1		_aPast, Ambar
700	1		_aOkotz, Xun
700	1		_aErnandes, Expetra
730	1		_aIncantations by Mayan women
942			_cLAS
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