In this Book
- Songs that Make the Road Dance: Courtship and Fertility Music of the Tz'utujil Maya
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University of Texas Press
summary
This major collection of courting and fertility songs documents a nearly lost element of highland Maya ritual life, revealing significant remnants of the ancient Maya belief system in songs that date back to the early colonial era.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xxvii-xxviii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-16
- 1. The World of the Tz'utujil Maya
- pp. 17-38
- 2. The Dance and Songs of the Nawals
- pp. 39-72
- 5. The Music of the “Songs of the Nawals”
- pp. 168-190
- Final Words
- pp. 191-196
- Audio Files of Recorded Examples
- pp. 197-198
- Works Cited
- pp. 223-228
Additional Information
ISBN
9781477301104
Related ISBN(s)
9781477301098
MARC Record
OCLC
909948064
Pages
272
Launched on MUSE
2015-05-22
Language
English
Open Access
No