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Rabinal Achi : a Mayan drama of war and sacrifice /

In the ancient Mayan drama Rabinal Achi, a rebel warrior is captured by the ruler of an enemy city-state and faces his certain death at court. In the dialogue that evolves the warrior dances a dance of death, makes psychic leaps to his homeland and demands a series of requests from his captors to re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Tedlock, Dennis, 1939-2016
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Mayan
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Rabinal Achi or dance of the trumpets
  • Part 2: Mayan history onstage and behind the scenes
  • Chapter 1: Kings and captives
  • Chapter 2: History as a performing art
  • Chapter 3: Under Spanish rule
  • Chapter 4: Scripts and voices
  • Chapter 5: The play enacted.