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Rabinal Achi: A Fifteenth Century Maya Dynastic Drama Book

Rabinal Achi: A Fifteenth Century Maya Dynastic Drama
Rabinal Achi: A Fifteenth Century Maya Dynastic Drama, The Rabinal Achi, one of the most remarkable works of Mayan literature, dates back to the 1400s. In 2005, UNESCO declared Rabinal Achi to be a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This drama is still performed with a ritual dance i, Rabinal Achi: A Fifteenth Century Maya Dynastic Drama has a rating of 4 stars
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Rabinal Achi: A Fifteenth Century Maya Dynastic Drama, The Rabinal Achi, one of the most remarkable works of Mayan literature, dates back to the 1400s. In 2005, UNESCO declared Rabinal Achi to be a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This drama is still performed with a ritual dance i, Rabinal Achi: A Fifteenth Century Maya Dynastic Drama
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  • Rabinal Achi: A Fifteenth Century Maya Dynastic Drama
  • Written by author Alain Breton
  • Published by University Press of Colorado, September 2007
  • The Rabinal Achi, one of the most remarkable works of Mayan literature, dates back to the 1400s. In 2005, UNESCO declared Rabinal Achi to be a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This drama is still performed with a ritual dance i
  • The Rabinal Achi, one of the most remarkable works of Mayan literature, dates back to the 1400s. In 2005, UNESCO declared Rabinal Achi to be a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This drama is still performed with a ritual dance i
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Foreword   Robert M. Carmack     ix
Preface     xiii
Acknowledgments     xvii
Introduction     1
A Unique Text     2
An Exceptional Destiny     7
History of a Discovery     7
Earlier Editions and Publications     11
The Perez Manuscript     13
Conflicts between the Rabinaleb and the Quiche     19
The Historical Context     19
The Trial     26
The Protagonists     27
An Agonistic Joust     42
The Current State of the Text     47
The Present Edition     48
Regarding the Transcription     51
Regarding the Translation     53
Regarding the Presentation     53
The Perez Manuscript     55
The Text: Transcription and Translation     123
Analysis: An Exemplary History     279
Return to the Places: Spaces and Journeys     280
Spatial Perspective     281
Temporal Perspective     286
Historical Perspective     290
Return to the Actors: Figures of the Warrior and the King     292
The Figure of the Warrior     293
TheFigure of the King     297
Supremacy of One Figure over the Other     300
Return to Events     302
A Disputed Territory     302
An Impossible Alliance     306
The War: A Metaphor for the Hunt     308
Return to the Text: Epilogue     314
Glossary     319
References     373
Index     387


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