In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature, Pre-Columbian to the Present
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Editor: Miguel Leon-PortillaEditor: Earl Shorris
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-09
ISBN: 0393324079
Number of pages: 752
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Book Review: from the graves of dead societies
Summary: 4 Stars
Leon-Portilla has amassed a rare thing. A compilation mostly drawn from dead societies. Much of this reflects decades of research by dedicated scholars, who sweated over deciphering Mayan glyphs. A task initially thought to be impossible.
The book also shows that the terms used in the Americas of "Hispanic" or "Latino" are totally inadequate and insulting when describing those who still have some nature heritage. Those labels are of the European adventurers [or freebooters or imperialists].
Reading the deciphered poetry and narratives shows a richness that does not hark to Castile or Cadiz. A richness of a totally different society.
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