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Book Review Chol (Mayan) Folktales: A Collection of Stories from the Modern Maya of Southern Mexico. NICHOLAS A. HOPKINS and J. KATHRYN JOSSERAND. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2016. Pp. xviii + 199. $27.95 (paper). Reviewed by Paul M. Worley, Western Carolina University Lest the casual reader overlook this volume because of its narrowly focused title, it must be pointed out immediately that the work is far more than another collection of Maya tales. Drawing on decades of fieldwork in Mexico collaborating with Ausencio âChenchoâ Guzmán, Nicholas A. Hopkins and J. Kathryn Josserandâs latest publication combines the presentation of bilingual texts (in Chol and English) with highly nuanced essays and thorough introductions to the stories themselves. This format provides the novice in the field with enough information to engage the material and the expert with a number of challenging insights into Chol culture and storytelling in general. In sum, the work should find a welcome home on the shelves of scholars and enthusiasts alike, and may even be useful in upper-level undergraduate or graduate classrooms as an accessible text that could be used to introduce students to the complexities of contemporary Maya cultures and storytelling traditions. Within this
Anthropological Linguistics – University of Nebraska Press
Published: Nov 8, 2016
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