DOCSLIB.ORG

Arturo Arias

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Arturo Arias 1 AriasArturoCOLA022014 ILE387 201402 ARTURO ARIAS Department of Spanish and Portuguese University of Texas at Austin BEN 2.116 1 University Station B3700 Austin, TX 78712-1155 (512) 232-4549 (512) 471-8073 (fax) [email protected] EDUCATION PhD. Sociology of Literature, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, June 1978. “Mention Trés Bien.” M.A. English, Boston University, May 1974. B.A. English, Boston University, May 1973. Graduated magna cum laude. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Professor of Latin American Literature. University of Texas at Austin. September 2007 to present. Hood Fellow, University of Auckland, New Zealand, February 22 to March 17, 2013. Savage Distinguished Visiting Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Oregon, May to June 2008. Greenleaf Chair Visiting Professor of Latin American Studies, Tulane University. January 2007 to May 2007. Professor of Latin American Studies. University of Redlands. September 2004 to August 2006. 2 Professor, Director of Latin American Studies. University of Redlands. September 2000 to August 2004. Visiting Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Dept., University of California at Berkeley. August 1999 to December 1999. Professor, Department of Humanities. San Francisco State University. September 1993 to August 2000. Resident Director in Spain, California State University International Programs. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. August 1995 to August 1996. Martha Sutton Weeks Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University. Visiting Professor, Dept.of Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University. September 1994 to June 1995. Visiting Professor, International and Area Studies, University of California at Berkeley. January 1993 to May 1993. Associate Professor, Department of Humanities. San Francisco State University. January 1991 to August 1993. Visiting Professor, Department of Literary Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. July 1990 to October 1990. Assistant Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Department. University of Texas at Austin. September 1989 to May 1990. Research Fellow, Lecturer and Chairman of the Central Working Group Committee, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin. May 1987 to August 1989. Lecturer, Government Department and Spanish Department, University of Texas at Austin. May 1987 to August 1989. Editor, Voices of Mexico, magazine in English aimed at a U.S. audience, edited by the National Autonomous University of Mexico. January 1986 to May 1987. Member of research staff on contemporary Mexican literature, Institute for Social Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico. March 1986 to May 1987. Member of research staff, United Nations' University. March 1986 to May 1987. Member of research staff, Centro Integral de Desarrollo Comunal (CEIDEC), Mexico. January 3 1984 to May 1987. Professor of Mexican Fiction, Department of Philosophy and Literature, Division of Latin American Studies, National Autonomous University of Mexico. November 1982 to November 1983. Founder and Director, Publications Department, National School of Anthropology, Mexico. February 1982 to February 1984. Founder and Editor, Cuicuilco magazine, Journal of the National School of Anthropology, Mexico. March 1980 to February 1984. Director, Independent Center for Anthropological Studies of Latin American Theater, Mexico. July to November 1981. Member of Academic Council and Administrative Council, Independent Center for Anthropological Studies of Latin American Theater. March to November 1981. Professor of Mexican Fiction, Department of Literature, Centro de Enseñanza para Extranjeros, National Autonomous University of Mexico. June 1980 to January 1982. HONORS AND AWARDS Literary Award Constituted in My Name. Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. September 2013. Tomas Rivera Regents Professor in Spanish Language and Literature. The University of Texas at Austin. August 29, 2013 onwards. Hood Fellowship Award. Visiting Professor. University of Auckland. Auckland, NZ Spring semester 2013. UT Appreciation for Services for Students with Disabilities. January 2013. Faculty Research Leave. Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies. The University of Texas at Austin. December 2011. Faculty Research Award. College of Liberal Arts. The University of Texas at Austin. November 2011. Humanities Research Award. College of Liberal Arts. The University of Texas at Austin. November 2010. The Role of Central American Cultural Studies in Latino Studies: Homage to Arturo Arias’s 4 Research and Contribution to Latino Studies. San Francisco State University. Professors Roberto Rivera, Byron Barahona, and poet Maya Chinchilla spoke of Arias’s work and contribution. Thursday March 18, 2010. Participant of Humanities Institute 2008-9 Seminar, “Ethical Life in a Global Society.” University of Texas at Austin. Spring 2009. Premio Nacional de Literatura Miguel Angel Asturias. Ministry of Culture, Guatemala. National Book Award for Lifetime Achievement in Fiction. November 2008. Taking Their Word: Literature and the Signs of Central America (2007) finalist for the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) 2008 Bryce Wood Book Award for Best Academic Book Published in English. Special LASA Award for Efforts in Transforming LASA Forum. March 17, 2006. Distinguished Citizen, City of Quezaltenango, Guatemala. Offered keys to the city by Mayor Rigoberto K'emé, for distinguished accomplishments in the field of literature and letters. July 29, 1997. Stanford Humanities Center Martha Sutton Weeks Fellowship for Research. Stanford University. 1994-95. Anna Seghers Scholarship, awarded by the Academy of Arts in Berlin, Germany, for promising literature in Spanish. Fall 1990. Academy Award Nomination, along with Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas and Eraclio Zepeda, for Best Original Script for El Norte, 1986. Casa de las Américas Award for Best Novel, Itzam Na. 1981. Casa de las Américas Award for Best Essay, Ideología, Literatura y Socedad Durante la Revolución Guatemalteca 1944 - 1954. 1979. Fellowship, Mexican National Institute for Fine Arts, Mexican National Endowment for the Arts, (INBA-FONAPAS), 1980. First Runner Up for Mexican National Award for Best Novel, INBA-FONAPAS, 1980 (for Itzam Na). First Runner Up for Award for Best Central American Novel, 1976 (for Después de las Bombas). Conferred by EDUCA (Central America's Universities Press) in San José, Costa Rica. 5 Gerard Warner Brace Award, Boston University, 1971 (for “Amatitlán,” a Short Story). EDITORIAL BOARDS PMLA. May 2011 to present. Centroamerica. July 2011 to present. Revista de crítica literaria hispanoamericana. December 2010 to present. Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World. March 2010 to the present. Maya Studies Journal. October 2008 to present. Mesoamerica. August 2008 to present. ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS I. ACADEMIC BOOKS Taking their Word: Literature and the Signs of Central America. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2007. Gestos Ceremoniales: Narrativa Centroamericana 1960 -1990 (Ceremonial Gestures: Central American Narrative 1960 - 1990). Guatemala: Artemis-Edinter, 1998. La Identidad de la Palabra: Narrativa Guatemalteca a la Luz del Siglo Veinte (The Identity of the Word: Guatemalan Narrative in the Light of the New Century). Guatemala: Artemis- Edinter, 1998. Ideología, Literatura y Socedad Durante la Revolución Guatemalteca 1944 - 1954 (Ideology, Literature and Society During the Guatemalan Revolution 1944-1954). Havana: Casa de las Américas, 1979. II. EDITED BOOKS The Rigoberta Menchú Controversy. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota Press, 2001. Mulata de tal de Miguel Angel Asturias. Edición Crítica. Madrid: Colección Archivos, 2001. Antología del Cuento Guatemalteco (Anthology of Guatemalan Short Stories). San José: Eitorial Universitaria Centroamericana (Central American University Presses), 1999. 6 III. EDITED JOURNALS Solo editor. “Centroamericanidades: Imaginative Reformulations and New Configurations of Central Americanness.” Special Issue of Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature (forthcoming Fall 2013). Co-editor with Claudia Milian. “U.S. Central Americans: Representations, Agency, and Communities.” Special Issue of Journal of Latino Studies 11, 2 (Summer 2013). Edited all articles, galleys and page proofs. Co-wrote introduction. Co-editor, with Alicia del Campo. “Memory and Popular Culture.” Special Issue of Latin American Perspectives. Issue 168:Vol. 36 No. 5 (Sept. 2009). Edited all articles, galleys and page proofs. Co-wrote introduction. IV. ACADEMIC ARTICLES IN BOOKS “Un escritor es un arquitecto.” Pasiones y obsesiones: Secretos del oficio de escribir. Ed. Sandra Lorenzano. México D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2012. P. 23-27. “Los estudios culturales latinoamericanos como forma endógena de conocimiento.” Pensar los Estudios Culturales desde España: Reflexiones fragmentadas. Ed. Patricia Arroyo, Marta Casaús, Clara Garavelli and María Luisa Ortega. Madrid: Verbum, 2012. P. 27-48. “Racialized Subalternity as Emancipatory Decolonial Project: Time Commences in Xibalbá by Luis de Lión.” Luis de Lión. Time Commences in Xibalbá. Trans. Nathan C. Henne. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2012. P. 85-115. “Post-identidades post-nacionales: duelo, trauma y melancolía en la constitución de las subjetividades centroamericanas de posguerra.” (Per) Versiones de la modernidad. Literaturas, identidades y desplazamientos. Ed. Beatriz Cortez, Alexandra Ortiz Wallner y Verónica Ríos Quesada. Guatemala: F&G Editores,
Load more

Recommended publications
  • ECFG-Guatemala-Feb-19.Pdf
    ECFG: Central America Central ECFG: About this Guide This guide is designed to prepare you to deploy to culturally complex environments and achieve mission objectives. The fundamental information contained within will help you understand the cultural dimension of your assigned location and gain skills necessary for success (Photo: Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales speaks with US Marines in Escuintla, Guatemala). The guide consists of 2 parts: E CFG Part 1 “Culture General” provides the foundational knowledge you need to operate effectively in any global environment with a focus on Central America (CENTAM). Guatemala Part 2 “Culture Specific” describes unique cultural features of Guatemalan society. It applies culture-general concepts to help increase your knowledge of your assigned deployment location. This section is designed to complement other pre- deployment training (Photo: Mississippi ANC medics assist Guatemalans in loading critically injured patients on to a C-17 Globemaster III). For further information, visit the Air Force Culture and Language Center (AFCLC) website at http://culture.af.mil/ or contact the AFCLC Region Team at [email protected]. Disclaimer: All text is the property of the AFCLC and may not be modified by a change in title, content, or labeling. It may be reproduced in its current format with the express permission of the AFCLC. All photography is provided as a courtesy of the US government, Wikimedia, and other sources. GENERAL CULTURE PART 1 – CULTURE GENERAL What is Culture? Fundamental to all aspects of human existence, culture shapes the way humans view life and functions as a tool we use to adapt to our social and physical environments.
    [Show full text]
  • Maize Genetic Resources of Highland Guatemala in Space and Time
    Seeds, hands, and lands Maize genetic resources of highland Guatemala in space and time Promotoren Prof. dr. P. Richards Hoogleraar Technologie en Agrarische Ontwikkeling Wageningen Universiteit Prof. dr. ir. A.K. Bregt Hoogleraar Geo-informatiekunde Wageningen Universiteit Co-promotoren Dr. ir. S. de Bruin Universitair docent, Centrum voor Geo-Informatie Wageningen Universiteit Dr. ir. H. Maat Universitair docent, leerstoelgroep Technologie en Agrarische Ontwikkeling Wageningen Universiteit Promotiecommissie Dr. E.F. Fischer (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA) Dr. ir. Th.J.L. van Hintum (Centrum voor Genetische Bronnen Nederland, Wageningen) Prof. dr. L.E. Visser (Wageningen Universiteit) Prof. dr. K.S. Zimmerer (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd binnen CERES Research School for Resource Studies for Development en C.T. de Wit Graduate School for Production Ecology and Resource Conservation. Seeds, hands, and lands Maize genetic resources of highland Guatemala in space and time Jacob van Etten Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor op gezag van de rector magnificus van Wageningen Universiteit, prof. dr. M.J. Kropff, in het openbaar te verdedigen op woensdag 11 oktober 2006 des namiddags te vier uur in de Aula © Jacob van Etten, except Chapter 2 Keywords: plant genetic resources, Guatemala, maize ISBN: 90-8504-485-5 Cover design: Marisa Rappard For Laura and Hanna Acknowledgments This work was financially supported by Wageningen University and Research Centre through the CERES Research School for Resource Studies for Human Development and through the C.T. de Wit Graduate School for Production Ecology and Resource Conservation. I am grateful for having such good supervisors, who advised me on crucial points but also allowed me much freedom.
    [Show full text]
  • OPTICS and the CULTURE of MODERNITY in GUATEMALA CITY SINCE the LIBERAL REFORMS a Thesis Submitted to the College of Graduate St
    OPTICS AND THE CULTURE OF MODERNITY IN GUATEMALA CITY SINCE THE LIBERAL REFORMS A Thesis Submitted to the College of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In the Department of History University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon By MICHAEL D. KIRKPATRICK © Michael D. Kirkpatrick, September 2013. All rights reserved. Permission to Use In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a postgraduate degree from the University of Saskatchewan, I agree that the libraries of this University may make it freely available for inspection. I further agree that permission for copying of this thesis in any manner, in whole or in part, for scholarly purposes may be granted by the professor or professors who supervised my thesis work or, in their absence, by the department Head of the Department or the Dean of the College in which my thesis work was done. It is understood that any copy or publication use of this thesis or parts thereof for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. It is also understood that due recognition shall be given to me and to the University of Saskatchewan in any use which may be made of any material in my thesis. i ABSTRACT In the years after the Liberal Reforms of the 1870s, the capitalization of coffee production and buttressing of coercive labour regimes in rural Guatemala brought huge amounts of surplus capital to Guatemala City. Individual families—either invested in land or export houses—and the state used this newfound wealth to transform and beautify the capital, effectively inaugurating the modern era in the last decades of the nineteenth century.
    [Show full text]
  • Contenidos Meso 1-50
    CONTENIDOS DE MESOAMÉRICA 1–50 1 CONTENIDOS MESOAMÉRICA 1 (1980) AL 50 (2008) 2 ÍNDICE GENERAL 1980–2008 Mesoamérica 1 (1980) CONTENIDO Presentación por JULIO CASTELLANOS CAMBRANES ARTÍCULOS VÍCTOR H. ACUÑA ORTEGA La reglamentación del comercio exterior en América Central durante el siglo XVIII The Regulation of Foreign Commerce in Eighteenth-Century Central America JORGE LUJÁN MUÑOZ Los caciques-gobernadores de San Miguel Petapa (Guatemala) durante la colonia The Caciques-Gobernadores in San Miguel Petapa (Guatemala) during the Colonial Period JULIO CÉSAR PINTO SORIA Acerca del surgimiento del Estado de Centro América The Rise of the State in Central America JESÚS MARÍA GARCÍA AÑOVEROS La realidad social de la Diócesis de Guatemala a finales del siglo XVIII The Social Structure of the Diocese of Guatemala at the end of the Eighteenth Century A. M. ZORINA El Tratado Clayton-Bulwer de 1850 y la diplomacia rusa The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 and Russian Diplomacy J. JUDE PANSINI La situación de la salud de los trabajadores de las fincas en Guatemala Worker Health Conditions of the Fincas of Guatemala HISTORIA DEMOGRÁFICA RALPH LEE WOODWARD, JR. Crecimiento de población en Centroamérica durante la primera mitad del siglo de la Independencia nacional Population Growth of Central America during the First Fifty Years after Independence ÍNDICE GENERAL 1980–2008, PÁGS. 2–141 © 2008 MESOAMÉRICA CONTENIDOS DE MESOAMÉRICA 1–50 3 MICHEL BERTRAND Estudio demográfico de la región de Rabinal y del Chixoy en Guatemala Demographic Study of the Rabinal and Chixoy Regions of Guatemala CENTROAMÉRICA ANTE LOS VIAJEROS DEL SIGLO XIX KARL VON SCHERZER Las tribus indígenas de Guatemala The Indian Tribes of Guatemala FUENTES DOCUMENTALES Y BIBLIOGRÁFICAS CHRISTOPHER H.
    [Show full text]
  • 2017 Program
    70th Annual KFLC: The Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference 20th– 22nd of April 2017 University of Kentucky, Lexington 2 ~Thank You~ Dear KFLC Participant, Welcome to the 70th Annual KFLC! We are glad that you will be joining us this year. This conference was made possible by the imagination and hard work of many people who have volunteered their time, energy and insight. Please thank these people when you see them around during the next few days. We would like to recognize the hard work and guidance of the Executive Committee, and thank Dean Mark Kornbluh and the University of Kentucky's College of Arts and Sciences and the UK Office of the Vice President for Research. We would also like to thank Noah Adler and Nijad Zakharia for website and on-line abstract administration. We appreciate the contributions of Ashley Casteel and UKIT, who graciously provide us with technical support throughout the conference. Our appreciation also goes to Edwina Taylor and Emily Dowd for all of their hard work with our many on-campus and off- campus catering needs, respectively. Finally, many thanks to Bond Jacobs at the Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau, our speakers, organizers, chairs, participants, and dedicated volunteers. Sadia Zoubir-Shaw, Executive Director [email protected] Jacob Neely, Assistant Director [email protected] Liliana Drucker, Financial Coordinator [email protected] David Delgado, Hispanic Studies Coordinator [email protected] 3 Table of Contents Table of Contents 3 Executive Committee 4 Bus Schedule 5
    [Show full text]
  • Notes on the Narrative of Three Guatemalan Authors
    Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 8-2014 Nationalism, Universality, and Globalization: Notes on the Narrative of Three Guatemalan Authors Marcie Noble Western Michigan University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Latin American Languages and Societies Commons, and the Latin American Literature Commons Recommended Citation Noble, Marcie, "Nationalism, Universality, and Globalization: Notes on the Narrative of Three Guatemalan Authors" (2014). Dissertations. 310. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/310 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. NATIONALISM, UNIVERSALITY, AND GLOBALIZATION: NOTES ON THE NARRATIVE OF THREE GUATEMALAN AUTHORS by Marcie Noble A dissertation submitted to the Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Spanish Western Michigan University August 2014 Doctoral Committee: Michael Millar, Ph.D., Chair Antonio Isea, Ph.D. Benjamín Torres, Ph.D. Kristina Wirtz, Ph.D. NATIONALISM, UNIVERSALITY, AND GLOBALIZATION: NOTES ON THE NARRATIVE OF THREE GUATEMALAN AUTHORS Marcie Noble, Ph.D. Western Michigan University, 2014 This dissertation examines various works of literature produced by three Guatemalan authors: Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899-1974), Augusto Monterroso (1921- 2003), and Rodrigo Rey Rosa (1958) in order to trace a trajectory in the narrative written by Guatemalans from a nationally focused literature to one that is increasingly global. The first chapter provides an overview of the study and clarifies the terminology applied throughout the dissertation.
    [Show full text]
  • The Rhetoric of Torture in Guatemalan Literature, 1975-1985
    University of Kentucky UKnowledge Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies Hispanic Studies 2012 SPECTERS OF THE UNSPEAKABLE: THE RHETORIC OF TORTURE IN GUATEMALAN LITERATURE, 1975-1985 William Jarrod Brown University of Kentucky, [email protected] Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Brown, William Jarrod, "SPECTERS OF THE UNSPEAKABLE: THE RHETORIC OF TORTURE IN GUATEMALAN LITERATURE, 1975-1985" (2012). Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies. 8. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/hisp_etds/8 This Doctoral Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Hispanic Studies at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STUDENT AGREEMENT: I represent that my thesis or dissertation and abstract are my original work. Proper attribution has been given to all outside sources. I understand that I am solely responsible for obtaining any needed copyright permissions. I have obtained and attached hereto needed written permission statements(s) from the owner(s) of each third-party copyrighted matter to be included in my work, allowing electronic distribution (if such use is not permitted by the fair use doctrine). I hereby grant to The University of Kentucky and its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible my work in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I agree that the document mentioned above may be made available immediately for worldwide access unless a preapproved embargo applies.
    [Show full text]
  • The Territory: Luis Cardoza Y Aragón's Guatemala, Las Líneas De Su Mano
    Vol. 10, No. 2, Winter 2013, 102-125 www.ncsu.edu/acontracorriente The Narrative Is (Not) the Territory: Luis Cardoza y Aragón’s Guatemala, las líneas de su mano and the Guatemalan Revolution Brian Davisson Mississippi State University Guatemala’s 1944 Revolution marked the end of thirteen years of dictatorship by Jorge Ubico, and the emergence of a decade of democratic and liberal reform that culminated in the passing of the Ley de Reforma Agraria in 1953. The first acting president during this period, Juan José Arévalo, a socialist who saw a clear separation between Soviet communism and the land-based komunismo he supported,1 undertook the writing of a new constitution, and hoped to initiate land reform as the foundation for industrialization within the country. These reforms were later expanded upon by the government of Jacobo Árbenz, who took control of the nation 1 José Luis Valdés Ugalde writes: “[Arévalo] argumentaba que había una diferencia entre komunismo y comunismo. Desde su perspectiva, el comunismo estaba representado por el Partido Comunista de Moscú y el leninismo, mientras que el komunismo era una ideología política democrática, cuyo propósito era la ‘defensa de los intereses de los trabajadores y los explotados del mundo’, y sus principios enfatizaban el ‘nacionalismo y la soberanía, y se atrevían a cuestionar a Estados Unidos’” (137). Davisson 103 following elections in 1950, and who “resultó ser un reformista más radical que Arévalo y, por ende, un modernizador más comprometido, lo que a su vez facilitaba que en aquellos precarios tiempos políticos del continente se le viera como a un revolucionario” (Valdés Ugalde 147).
    [Show full text]
  • Arias, Arturo. Recovering Lost Footprints. Volume One: Contemporary Maya Narratives
    Arias, Arturo. Recovering Lost Footprints. Volume One: Contemporary Maya Narratives. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2017. Print. 249 pp. _____________________________________ CAROLYN FORNOFF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN In his groundbreaking monograph Gestos ceremoniales: narrativa centroamericana, 1960-1990 (Guatemala: Artemis-Edinter, 1998), Arturo Arias memorably described Central American literature as emerging from “la marginalidad de la marginalidad” (11). What he meant was that if Latin American culture was overshadowed by the behemoth to the North, then within this already marginalized context, Central America was even further removed from the center of production, dwarfed by better- funded spaces like Mexico and Argentina. Arias has dedicated his career to countering the region’s invisibility: analyzing its literary “mini-boom” in the seventies (Gestos ceremoniales), probing the testimonio genre and the Rigoberta Menchú polemic (Taking their Word: Literature and Signs of Central America; The Rigoberta Menchú Controversy), and producing a rigorously glossed edition of Miguel Angel Asturias’s criminally understudied novel Mulata de tal (Colección Archivos, 2001). If Central American literature arose from the margins of the margins, then Arias’ latest dive into contemporary Maya narratives in the first volume of his trilogy Recovering Lost Footprints marks an even deeper plunge into the margins of the margin’s margins. With this book, Arias examines the narrative production of three foundational Maya writers from Guatemala (referred to throughout the book by its Maya name, Iximuleu). These three authors, Luis de Lión, Gaspar Pedro González, and Víctor Montejo, were trailblazers who laid the groundwork for future generations of Iximuleu Indigenous writers. Arias’ encyclopedic examination of their contributions similarly lays the foundation for future scholars of Central America and postcolonial aesthetics.
    [Show full text]
  • Michael Kirþatrick
    Manufacturing the Nueva Guatemala: Guerrilla Re-Imaginings of the Modem Guatemalan Nation during the 1960s by Michael Kirþatrick A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies of The University of Manitoba in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Department of History University of Manitoba Vr'innipeg Copyright O 2006 by Michael Kirkparrick THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA FACULTY OF GRÄDUATE STUDIES COPYRIGHT PERMISSION Manufacturing the Nueva Guatemala: Guenilla Re-Imaginings of the Modern Guatemalan Nation during the 1960s BY Michael Kirkpatrick A Thesis/Practicum submitted to the Faculty ofGraduate studies ofrhe university of Manitoba in partial fulfillment of the r€quirement of the degree Master OF Arts Michael Kirkpatrick @ 2006 Permission has been granted to the Library ofthe University of Manitoba to lend or sell copies of this thesis/practicum' to the National Library of Canada to microfilm this thesis and to lentl or sell copies of the film, and to University Microfilms Inc. to publish an abstract of this thesis/practicum. This reproduction or copy of this thesis has been made available by authority of the copyright orvner solely for the purpose of private study and research, and may only be reprorluced ána copiea as permitted by copyright laws or rvith express rvritten authorization from the copyright owner. Abst¡act This thesis examines the revolutionary left in Guatemala during the 1960s focusing primarily on the communist-influenced Fuerzas Ar¡nadas Rebeldes (Rebel Armed Forces o¡ FAR). It argues that left-wing proponents ofguerrilla insurrection referenced their struggle in the lexicon of the nation, thus challenging the government's claims to national legitimacy.
    [Show full text]
  • Literary Perspectives of Ethnic Identity In
    LITERARY PERSPECTIVES OF ETHNIC IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY GUATEMALA By: Mariel E. Mussack Honors Essay Submitted in partial fulfillment for Honors in Global Studies The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill May 2013 March 25, 2013 Approved by: ______________________________ Advisor: Emilio del Valle Escalante ______________________________ Second Reader: Laura Halperin Mussack 1 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction……………….……………………………………………………….3 Chapter 2 The Rise of Maya Activism and Indigenous Literature in Guatemala…………………………...………………………………………...13 Chapter 3 Leyendas de Guatemala and Entre la piedra y la cruz: Ladino Representations of the Indigenous Subject in Literature…………………………….……………………………...……………29 Chapter 4 Rigoberta Menchú and Gaspar Pedro González: the Development of Indigenous Literature in Guatemala………..………………………………….…55 Chapter 5 Conclusion……………………………………………………………….………81 Works Cited…………………………….……………………………………………………….86 Mussack 2 Abstract “Literary Perspectives of Ethnic Identity in Contemporary Guatemala” explores the way indigenous and non-indigenous Guatemalan authors depict Maya culture in their works. This comparison is highlighted through literary analysis of canonical works of Guatemalan literature by Ladino and Maya authors. This analysis traces the development of a contemporary indigenous literary corpus in Guatemala, and explores the socio-political importance of this literature. This thesis argues that works by Ladino authors, namely Miguel Ángel Asturias’ Leyendas de Guatemala [Legends of Guatemala, 1930] and Mario Monteforte Toledo’s Entre la piedra y la cruz [Between the Cross and the Stone, 1948] often reflect ideologies of mestizaje as possible solutions to the issue of ethnic fragmentation in Guatemala. More recent works by Maya authors, such as I Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala (1983) by Rigoberta Menchú and Elizabeth Burgos and A Mayan Life (1992) by Gaspar Pedro González, on the other hand, depict ideas of coexistence while still preserving separate cultures as possible manners to improve ethnic relations.
    [Show full text]
  • UC San Diego UC San Diego Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    UC San Diego UC San Diego Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Guatemaltequidad : Indians and Ladinos in the Guatemalan national imaginary Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5q5542bn Author Montepeque, Axel O. Publication Date 2011 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Guatemaltequidad: Indians and Ladinos in the Guatemalan National Imaginary A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Literature Axel O. Montepeque Committee in charge: Professor Rosaura Sánchez, Chair Professor John D. Blanco Professor Jaime Concha Professor David Gutiérrez Professor Milos Kokotovic 2011 Copyright Axel O. Montepeque, 2011 All rights reserved. The Dissertation of Axel O. Montepeque is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication on microfilm and electronically: Chair University of California, San Diego 2011 iii DEDICATION I dedicate this dissertation to my family in the U.S. and Guatemala, especially my mother, Aura Marina Ovares Mendizabal, whose support throughout the years has made my writing possible. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Signature Page………………………………………………………………… iii Dedication……………………………………………………………………… iv Table of Contents………………………………………………………………. v Vita…………………………………………………………………………….. vi Abstract………………………………………………………………………... vii I. Formation of the Ladino Imagined Community………………………. 1 II. Guatemala 1940s: Revolutionary Nationalisms……………………….
    [Show full text]