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Four Creations, Volume 245 - (Civilization of the American Indian) by Gary H Gossen (Hardcover)

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  • Four Creations is a collection of seventy-four stories told to Gary H. Gossen by Tzotzil Maya storytellers in San Juan Chamula, Mexico.
  • Author(s): Gary H Gossen
  • 1216 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
  • Series Name: Civilization of the American Indian

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Four Creations is a collection of seventy-four stories told to Gary H. Gossen by Tzotzil Maya storytellers in San Juan Chamula, Mexico. Spanning four cycles of creations, destructions, and restorations from the dawn of cosmic order to the present era, this epic history reveals a distinctly Maya vision of the universe, grand in scope yet leavened with local humor, irony, and the Tzotzil narrators' own critical commentaries.

Four Creations includes mythic accounts of modern history, such as the Wars of Independence, the Mexican Revolution, and the current Protestant evangelical movement. Given in both transcribed Tzotzil and English translations, the texts are enlivened by more than one hundred Maya Indian drawings and by Gossen's extensive ethnographic and historical notes based on his conversations with the narrators and more than thirty-five years of study.

Miguel León-Portílla's Foreword situates Four Creations within the broader context of Mesoamerican culture and traditions, while the Afterword by Jan Rus relates this work to recent events in modern-day Chamula.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.8 Inches (H) x 7.84 Inches (W) x 2.33 Inches (D)
Weight: 4.93 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Civilization of the American Indian
Sub-Genre: Historical
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 1216
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Theme: General
Format: Hardcover
Author: Gary H Gossen
Language: English
Street Date: November 18, 2002
TCIN: 1003269303
UPC: 9780806133317
Item Number (DPCI): 247-06-7758
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 2.33 inches length x 7.84 inches width x 9.8 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 4.93 pounds
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