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9780292717596

Monkey Business Theatre

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  • ISBN13:

    9780292717596

  • ISBN10:

    0292717598

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-06-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr
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Summary

In 1983, a group of citizens in San Cristoacute;bal de las Casas, Chiapas, formed Sna Jtz'ibajom, the Tzotzil-Tzeltal Maya writers' cooperative. In the two decades since, this group has evolved from writing and publishing bilingual booklets to writing and performing plays that have earned them national and international renown.Anthropologist Robert M. Laughlin has been a part of the group since its beginnings, and he offers a unique perspective on its development as a Mayan cultural force. The Monkey Business Theatre, or Teatro Lo'il Maxil, as this branch of Sna Jtz'ibajom calls itself, has presented plays in virtually every corner of the state of Chiapas, as well as in Mexico City, Guatemala, Honduras, Canada, and in many museums and universities in the United States. It has presented to the world, for the first time in drama, a view of the culture of the Mayas of Chiapas.In this work, Laughlin presents a translation of twelve of the plays created by Sna Jtz'ibajom, along with an introduction for each. Half of the plays are based on myths and half on the social, political, and economic problems that have confronted--and continue to confront--the Mayas of Chiapas.

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Visitors' Question
Preface: Recollections of a Ghost
Acknowledgments
Pronunciation and Translation
Looking Back, Looking Forward: In the Beginning
Febrero Loco: A Live Theatre in the Making
The Theatre on the Road: The Great Adventure
Personal and Social Impacts
The Immokalee Special: Social Action in Florida
The FutureThe Plays
The Loafer and the Buzzard
Who Believes in Spooks?
Deadly Inheritance
Jaguar Dynasty
Let's Go to Paradise!
From All for All
Torches for a New Dawn
The Story of Our Roots
Workers in the Other World
When Corn Was Born
Mexico with Us Forever!
The World Turned on Its Head
Individuals Referred to in the Text
Members and Former Members of Sna Jtz'ibajom
Length of Service
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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