MYTHS OF MEXICO & PERU
Author: Lewis 1874-1955 Spence
Publisher:
Published: 2016-08-28
Total Pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9781372730238
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Mexican Folk Tales
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Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1977-12-01
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 0816543887
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntriguing collection of authentic stories preserves a colorful part of the Mexican heritage. Tales center around Legends of the Devil, The strange Doings of the Saints, and The Mysteries of Human Life.
La Llorona
Author: Wim Coleman
Publisher: Red Chair Press
Published: 2014-08-01
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 1939656281
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLa Llorona (The Crying Woman) is a sad and haunting tale from Mexico. Parents have told the story for hundreds of years to misbehaving children and to guard against vanity. Some say the story is about Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and a native Mexican woman who served as his translator. Her loss can be compared to the loss of native Mexican culture after the Spanish conquest.
Yaqui Myths and Legends
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Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780816504671
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSixty-one tales narrated by Yaquis reflect this people's sense of the sacred and material value of their territory.
Chicano Folklore
Author: Rafaela Castro
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001-11-15
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780195146394
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published under title: Dictionary of Chicano folklore. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c2000.
The Eagle on the Cactus
Author: Angel Vigil
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2000-06-15
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0313069913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis beautiful tapestry of traditional tales, history, folk arts, and dance offers you a glimpse into the living legacy of Mexican folklore. After an overview of Mexico's history from the Mesoamerican indigenous era to modern times, Vigil explores the fascinating traditions of Oaxacan wood carving, Huichol bead and yarn art, folk masks, folklorico dance costumes, and Mexican folklore. A collection of tales follows, including classic tales, pourquoi creation tales from native people of pre-Hispanic Mexico, and tales from the Spanish colonial era of Mexican history-trickster tales, adventure and wonder stories, and animal fables. Lively reading for older students and adults, the tales may also be used for read-alouds with younger students. With 15 of the 44 tales presented in Spanish as well as in English, this is an excellent resource for Spanish classes and for Spanish-speaking readers. The fascinating background material also makes the book an excellent source for reports and research. Color plates
Mexican and Central American mythology
Author: Irene Nicholson
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Sea-Ringed World
Author: María García Esperón
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2021-02-23
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 1646140168
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories. Author María García Esperón, illustrator Amanda Mijangos, and translator David Bowles have gifted us a treasure. Their talents have woven this collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents—the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it—from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska. The Em Querido list seeks to introduce the finest books in translation from around the world to an American audience. We feel lucky to be bringing you this book on our inaugural list, which we hope will be a true window and mirror
Introduction to International and Global Studies, Third Edition
Author: Shawn C. Smallman
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2020-07-06
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 1469660008
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShawn C. Smallman and Kimberley Brown's popular introductory textbook for undergraduates in international and global studies is now released in a substantially revised and updated third edition. Encompassing the latest scholarship in what has become a markedly interdisciplinary endeavor and an increasingly chosen undergraduate major, the book introduces key concepts, themes, and issues and then examines each in lively chapters on essential topics, including the history of globalization; economic, political, and cultural globalization; security, energy, and development; health; agriculture and food; and the environment. Within these topics the authors explore such diverse and pressing subjects as commodity chains, labor (including present-day slavery), pandemics, human rights, and multinational corporations and the connections among them. This textbook, used successfully in both traditional and online courses, provides the newest and most crucial information needed for understanding our rapidly changing world. New to this edition: *Close to 50% new material *New illustrations, maps, and tables *New and expanded emphases on political and economic globalization and populism; health; climate change, and development *Extensively revised exercises and activities *New resume-writing exercise in careers chapter *Thoroughly revised online teacher's manual
Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky
Author: David Bowles
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
Published: 2018-05-15
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1941026737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe stories in Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky trace the history of the world from its beginnings in the dreams of the dual god, Ometeotl, to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico and the fall of the great city Tenochtitlan. In the course of that history we learn about the Creator Twins—Feathered Serpent and Dark Heart of Sky—and how they built the world on a leviathan's back; of the shape-shifting nahualli; and the aluxes, elfish beings known to help out the occasional wanderer. And finally, we read Aztec tales about the arrival of the blonde strangers from across the sea, the strangers who seek to upend the rule of Motecuhzoma and destroy the very stories we are reading. David Bowles stitches together the fragmented mythology of pre-Colombian Mexico into an exciting, unified narrative in the tradition of William Buck's Ramayana, Robert Fagles's Iliad, and Neil Gaiman's Norse Myths. Readers of Norse and Greek mythologies will delight in this rich retelling of stories less explored. Legends and myths captured David Bowles's imagination as a young Latino reader; he was fascinated with epics like the Iliad and the Odyssey. Despite growing up on the United States/Mexico border, he had never read a single Aztec or Mayan myth until he was in college. This experience inspired him to reconnect with that forgotten past. Several of his previous books have incorporated themes from ancient Mexican myths.
