Maya O Maya! Rambunctious Fables of Yucatan

Title

en_US Maya O Maya! Rambunctious Fables of Yucatan

Description

en_US Signed by Mitcham. #130 of 500

en_US By Howard Mitcham

Creator

en_US Mitcham, Howard See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Mitcham, Howard

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:22Z

en_US 1998-02

en_US 1981

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:22Z

Date Issued

en_US 1981

Abstract

en_US These are humorous parodies of ancient lore about gods, statues, and rites. The first, The World's Strongest Cocktail, presents Ixnib, the god who invented the drink balche. Besides being hallucingenic, the drink is a powerful emetic and purgative. Ixnib overdosed. Christian priests today still serve balche at Holy Communion--and services do not last long. The figures remind me of Mayan statues in museums and of Calder's line drawings. I think there is nothing here that has to do with fables. I have a queasy feeling as I read this book. Has political correctness and sensitivity changed so much in twenty years? This book seems to ridicule Mayan culture in a way we would not allow today. Amid the genial humor, there is also some that is sophomoric. The Mayans' atonal music was said to have been invented by an ancient Mayan named Arturo Strindberg.

Identifier

en_US 4018 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79358

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US The Hermit Crab Press

en_US New Orleans, LA

Subject

en_US PN989.M4 M5 1981 See all items with this value

en_US Howard Mitcham See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole