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Aromas Y Sabores Para Los Dioses Mayas: Alimentos De Ixim Y Pom, Diana Peralta Cervantes Jun 2024

Aromas Y Sabores Para Los Dioses Mayas: Alimentos De Ixim Y Pom, Diana Peralta Cervantes

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Resumen: El presente texto tiene como objetivo analizar el papel que el binomio ixim (maíz)- pom (incienso) desempeñó en la ritualidad de los mayas yucatecos del Posclásico (900-1542 d. C.) y aporta algunos datos relativos a los lacandones y cho’rti’s del siglo XX, ya que existe una afinidad en los usos y funciones que le han dado estos grupos a la pareja a lo largo de la historia. Como parte de lo que Alfredo López Austin denomina “núcleo duro de la tradición mesoamericana” (López, 2008: 20) se encuentran el ixim (maíz) y el pom (incienso), elementos que se documentan en …


El Zacahuil: Lo Que Encubre Y Lo Que Se Quiere Ver, Ana Bella Pérez Castro Jun 2024

El Zacahuil: Lo Que Encubre Y Lo Que Se Quiere Ver, Ana Bella Pérez Castro

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Resumen: En este texto presento la importancia que cobra un gran tamal, conocido como zacahuil, bolin, tapataxtle, tlapepecholi o patlache en diversos rituales que se realizan en la Huasteca. Parto de mostrar al lector la ubicación de esta extensa región conocida como la Huasteca y la manera en que en ella encontramos la presencia de los teenek, grupo étnico de filiación maya, que ahí se asentaron interactuando con los nahuas y otomíes principalmente. La importancia que cobra también en Yucatán el mukbil pollo o pibil pollo me llevaría a suponer que fueron los teenek los que llevaron, en su equipaje …


Los Tamales De La Gente Del Pantano. Patrimonio Gastronómico De Los Yokot’Anob De Tabasco, México, Mauricio Hernández Sánchez Jun 2024

Los Tamales De La Gente Del Pantano. Patrimonio Gastronómico De Los Yokot’Anob De Tabasco, México, Mauricio Hernández Sánchez

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Resumen: Los tamales forman parte de la cotidianidad de los yokot’anob, un pueblo de filiación mayense que habita las planicies inundables de Tabasco, en el sureste mexicano. Constituyen las principales ofrendas de las festividades religiosas y de los rituales asociados a la muerte y a diversas entidades sagradas del monte, el agua y las cosechas. Además, están presentes en reuniones familiares, festivales escolares y, en general, en todo convivio que incluya alimentos. Sin embargo, poca de esta gastronomía local se conoce. El presente ensayo describe parte de la diversidad de tamales yokot’anob, entre los que se listan los de “presa”, …


Tamales Tsotsiles: Léxico, Usos Y Consumos, Margarita Martínez-Pérez, Jorge Alberto Jiménez-Hernández Jun 2024

Tamales Tsotsiles: Léxico, Usos Y Consumos, Margarita Martínez-Pérez, Jorge Alberto Jiménez-Hernández

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Resumen: Los tamales tsotsiles desempeñan un papel fundamental no sólo en la vida cotidiana, sino también en el contexto ritual. En el presente estudio se examinará cuál es el nombre genérico de tamal en esta lengua, cuántos tipos de tamales existen, en qué contextos se usan y cuáles son sus funciones. Veremos los diferentes tipos de envoltura que se usan para determinados tipos de tamales, señalaremos la relevancia de cada tipo de tamal y la razón de ello y finalmente se describirán las características del campo semántico y clase léxica. El presente estudio se sustenta desde el marco de la …


Los Tamales: Alimento Para Los Dioses, Los Espíritus De La Milpa, El Monte, Los Difuntos Y Las Personas Vivas, Laura Elena Sotelo Santos Jun 2024

Los Tamales: Alimento Para Los Dioses, Los Espíritus De La Milpa, El Monte, Los Difuntos Y Las Personas Vivas, Laura Elena Sotelo Santos

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

El consumo de tamales en los pueblos mayas contemporáneos es una constante y se han comido de manera cotidiana, festiva y ritual en todos los estratos de la población. La cultura tradicional (que por supuesto siempre está en constante transformación) ha reconocido que los tamales se han consumido espiritualmente por los antepasados y también por entidades sagradas como las deidades, espíritus de la milpa y de la montaña.


Tamales In Yucatán: Reflections On 52 Years Of Piib Gastronomy, Allan F. Burns Jun 2024

Tamales In Yucatán: Reflections On 52 Years Of Piib Gastronomy, Allan F. Burns

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Abstract: “The first time I made tamales in the Yucatan of Mexico was in a village close to Tixcacal Guardia, Quintana Roo in 1972, some 52 years ago as I write this essay. It was in the fall and extended families were celebrating the harvest of milpas with something called “jaanali kol” (the feast of the milpa). We dug a pit, about four by eight feet oblong, lined it with stones, and built a fire. We were all men around the fire, and women were nearby in a house making chicken stew and other foods.” So begins this personal reflection …


Cocinar Para Dioses Y Hombres: Los Tamales De Los Lacandones Del Norte, Alice Balsanelli Jun 2024

Cocinar Para Dioses Y Hombres: Los Tamales De Los Lacandones Del Norte, Alice Balsanelli

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Resumen: En los estudios referentes a la religión lacandona, las mujeres han quedado prácticamente invisibilizadas, puesto que las principales labores rituales se encontraban a cargo de los varones. Sin embargo, eran ellas quienes elaboraban las ofrendas sagradas para los dioses, en particular, los tamales ceremoniales. Los lacandones contemporáneos separan los tamales en dos categorías: aquellos que se ofrendan a las deidades y los que se destinan al consumo doméstico. El texto presente, fundamentado en información etnográfica, esclarece las diferencias en el proceso de elaboración de los alimentos divinos y humanos. Asimismo, se ilustran los cambios en las recetas, que fueron …


Pa´Ts Petejul: Maíz Y Frijol En La Mesa, Fanny López Jiménez, María Méndez Vázquez Jun 2024

Pa´Ts Petejul: Maíz Y Frijol En La Mesa, Fanny López Jiménez, María Méndez Vázquez

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Resumen: La tradición del consumo de tamales entre los choles de Palenque está ligado al conocimiento y manejo ancestral de las plantas, así como al calendario de fiestas y ceremonias relacionadas con las fechas de días de muertos y de la Santa Cruz, entre otras. En este trabajo, hablaremos de este tamal (Pa´ts Petejul), que es propio de la región de Palenque, su relación con dos de las tradiciones más importantes de México y cuáles son los cambios o la evolución que ha tenido en la comunidad chol de Palenque desde tiempos muy remotos. Los tamales, por supuesto, tienen su …


Introducción Essay - Tamales Mayas. Sabores En El Tiempo, Laura Elena Sotelo Santos, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez Jun 2024

Introducción Essay - Tamales Mayas. Sabores En El Tiempo, Laura Elena Sotelo Santos, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Editors' introduction of Maya America Volume 6 Issue 1. This article is written in Spanish.


Introductory Note In English, Maya America Editors Jun 2024

Introductory Note In English, Maya America Editors

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Editors' introduction of Maya America Volume 6 Issue 1


El Tamal Como Parte Integral Del Movimiento De Revalorización Gastronómica Guatemalteca, Tomás Barrientos Q., Mirciny Moliviatis Jun 2024

El Tamal Como Parte Integral Del Movimiento De Revalorización Gastronómica Guatemalteca, Tomás Barrientos Q., Mirciny Moliviatis

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Resumen: Desde finales del siglo XX, la continuidad de la gastronomía tradicional de Guatemala se ha visto afectada por cambios socioeconómicos a nivel doméstico y la introducción de productos procesados importados y nuevos valores en la cultura alimentaria. Como respuesta a dicha situación, se inició un movimiento para la conservación y revalorización de los ingredientes y recetas tradicionales, apoyado por una etnografía audiovisual realizada para la producción de programas televisivos, así como descubrimientos arqueológicos relacionados con la gastronomía prehispánica. Ante la reciente declaración del tamal como Patrimonio Intangible de la Nación, se resalta la importancia de esta comida dentro del …


Forced Family Separation: U.S. Crimes Against Indigenous Peoples, Lauren Heidbrink, Giovanni Batz, David W. Barillas Chón Jun 2024

Forced Family Separation: U.S. Crimes Against Indigenous Peoples, Lauren Heidbrink, Giovanni Batz, David W. Barillas Chón

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Forced family separation under the U.S. Zero Tolerance policy is not only a crime against humanity, but also a crime against Indigenous Peoples, which includes the Maya. Rooted in white supremacist ideologies and settler colonialism, contemporary forced family separation continues historical violence inflicted upon Maya Peoples by the U.S. government. Submitted to the International Criminal Court, this amicus brief contends that the Court should investigate and hold the U.S. accountable for crimes against Indigenous Peoples under the U.S. Zero Tolerance policy. The amicus brief begins with an overview of Maya Peoples in present-day Guatemala and the meanings and practices of …


Complete Issue: Volume 6 Issue 1, Maya America Editors Jun 2024

Complete Issue: Volume 6 Issue 1, Maya America Editors

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

The full Issue 1, Volume 6 of Maya America, published June 2024


Un Recorrido Iconoglífico Por Las Antiguas Representaciones Del Tamal En La Mesoamérica Maya De Tierras Bajas, Daniel Martínez González Jun 2024

Un Recorrido Iconoglífico Por Las Antiguas Representaciones Del Tamal En La Mesoamérica Maya De Tierras Bajas, Daniel Martínez González

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Resumen: En el presente texto se ofrece un recorrido histórico milenario por las representaciones, tanto visuales o iconográficas, como epigráficas o escriturarias, de uno de los alimentos -al parecer- más antiguos, preciados y generalizados entre los pueblos mayas desde épocas tempranas. Como tal, la hoja de ruta de este recorrido en torno a las representaciones del tamal en el mundo maya -de sobre todo Tierras Bajas- inicia por las célebres pinturas murales del sitio de San Bartolo (ca. s. i a.e.c) y la subestructura I-4 de Chiik Nahb de Calakmul (ca. 650-700 e.c.); prosigue con algunos otros indicadores arqueológicos y …


Latinx Revolutionary Horizons: Form And Futurity In The Americas, Renee Hudson May 2024

Latinx Revolutionary Horizons: Form And Futurity In The Americas, Renee Hudson

English Faculty Books and Book Chapters

In Latinx Revolutionary Horizons, Renee Hudson theorizes a liberatory latinidad that is not yet here and conceptualizes a hemispheric project in which contemporary Latinx authors return to earlier moments of revolution. Rather than viewing Latinx as solely a category of identification, she argues for an expansive, historicized sense of the term that illuminates its political potential.

Claiming the “x” in Latinx as marking the suspension and tension between how Latin American descended people identify and the future politics the “x” points us toward, Hudson contends that latinidad can signal a politics grounded in shared struggles and histories rather than …


Sonidos De Aztlán: A Historical Analysis Of Chicano Music, Alejandro Gomez May 2024

Sonidos De Aztlán: A Historical Analysis Of Chicano Music, Alejandro Gomez

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This paper analyzes music made primarily by Chicanos in the U.S. and social movements that the music was a part of. Case studies include the Zoot Suit Riots, the Delano Grape Strike, The Chicano Movement, Tejano/Conjunto and Tex-Mex, Narcocorridos, and the Chicanx Renaissance.


“We Take Crises And We Make Them Work”: Platicas And Testimonios Of Undocumented Latina/O/X College Students To Engage In Critical Race Feminista Praxis, Fernando Villalpando May 2024

“We Take Crises And We Make Them Work”: Platicas And Testimonios Of Undocumented Latina/O/X College Students To Engage In Critical Race Feminista Praxis, Fernando Villalpando

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Undocumented Latinx college students have experienced and continue to experience challenges to earn their American dream (Pentón, Herrera & Obregón, 2018). Their aspirations and resiliency are facing one of the biggest challenges yet with the rhetoric and actions of the Trump Administration. These actions may have major implications on their journey through higher education and society. In California alone there are approximately 38,000 undocumented college students who could be in jeopardy of their future, and the implications of the current presidency’s actions could have enormous impacts on their lives (Gonzáles, 2009). By wanting to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals …


Writ To Work: Habeas Corpus Challenges By Laborers And Socialists In Washington State, 1915-1919, Luke Mcdermott Apr 2024

Writ To Work: Habeas Corpus Challenges By Laborers And Socialists In Washington State, 1915-1919, Luke Mcdermott

Digital Legal Research Lab

No abstract provided.


From Moral Panic To Legal Injustice: Due Process Failures In Prostitution Cases (1889-1924), Ethan Dunn Apr 2024

From Moral Panic To Legal Injustice: Due Process Failures In Prostitution Cases (1889-1924), Ethan Dunn

Digital Legal Research Lab

No abstract provided.


El Nacimiento Del Rock En Español: ¿Cómo Fue Que Este Género De Música Latina Tuvo Éxito?, Alejandro V. Martinez Apr 2024

El Nacimiento Del Rock En Español: ¿Cómo Fue Que Este Género De Música Latina Tuvo Éxito?, Alejandro V. Martinez

World Languages and Cultures

This paper titled El nacimiento del rock en español: ¿Cómo fue que este género de música latina tuvo éxito? will cover information regarding the Spanish rock movement. This essay compares what is written in this paper to that of prior scholars to show that although they do bring valid points, there is a lot more than many of us realize. There are various articles and reports written about the movement, but many do not explain the creation of the movement, let alone its survival in the music industry as a new genre that some had never heard of or had …


Analyzing The Intersectionality Of Race And Socioeconomics In Foster Care And Child Welfare, Isabella Gallardo Apr 2024

Analyzing The Intersectionality Of Race And Socioeconomics In Foster Care And Child Welfare, Isabella Gallardo

Political Science Theses and Capstones

Racial disparities continue to persist in the child welfare system, resulting in disproportionate representation and differential treatment for children from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Understanding the root causes, systemic factors, biases, and consequences of these disparities is vital for discovering solutions to ensure fair and equitable treatment for all children. I synthesize existing research conducted on racial disparities in child welfare, delving into systemic factors, biases, and their consequences. The dataset I most utilized is from the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN). Correlation analysis was used to show the relationship between racial disproportionality and systematic …


Finding The Sound: The Women Of El Paso Punk Rock, Tara Martin Lopez Mar 2024

Finding The Sound: The Women Of El Paso Punk Rock, Tara Martin Lopez

CLASP Lecture Series

"Finding the Sound: The Women of El Paso Punk Rock", is a a presentation by Dr. Tara López, Assistant Professor and Director of the Ethnic Studies program. In López's talk, she will shed light on how women of the El Paso punk rock scene—particularly the Chicanas that dominated punk in the mid-1990s—used music to develop a fierce set of sonic expressions and innovations. By exploring opportunities available in this popular format, López invites us to reconsider how the messages that comprise these "musicworlds" illuminate the wide array of Chicanas engaged in the El Paso punk scene. From girls furtively Xeroxing …


‘The Power Of Three Will Set Us Free': Witchy Womanist Readings Of Toni Morrison’S Sula, Opal Palmer Adisa’S It Begins With Tears, And Migdalia Cruz’S The Have-Little And Miriam’S Flowers, Anamaría Flores Feb 2024

‘The Power Of Three Will Set Us Free': Witchy Womanist Readings Of Toni Morrison’S Sula, Opal Palmer Adisa’S It Begins With Tears, And Migdalia Cruz’S The Have-Little And Miriam’S Flowers, Anamaría Flores

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Witchy womanism is a critical methodology for reading, teaching, and writing about literature in order to generate emancipatory knowledge, activate Queer, Black, and Indigenous consciousnesses, contribute to 21st century women’s, Black, and Indigenous liberation movements, and foster (re)connections to ancestral rituals and knowledge. Born at the intersections of Black Studies, BIPOC Queer and Gender Studies, Caribbean Studies, English, Hip-Hop Studies and Latinx Studies, “‘The Power of Three Will Set Us Free’: Witchy Womanist Readings of Toni Morrison's Sula, Opal Palmer Adisa's It Begins With Tears, and Migdalia Cruz's The Have-Little and Miriam's Flowers" is a multidisciplinary …


Editors' Introduction, Raj G. Chetty, Beverly Greene Jan 2024

Editors' Introduction, Raj G. Chetty, Beverly Greene

Journal of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.


Death, Dreaming, And Diaspora: Achieving Orientation Through Afro-Spirituality, Liz Johnston, Jaime Elizabeth Johnston Jan 2024

Death, Dreaming, And Diaspora: Achieving Orientation Through Afro-Spirituality, Liz Johnston, Jaime Elizabeth Johnston

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Enslavement, colonization, and the systems that uphold racial injustice were and still are a series of new, unfathomable, and challenging experiences that prompt individuals within the diaspora to seek orientation. How does a human cope with centuries of attempts at the systematic destruction of their humanity, culture, and identity? How can they reclaim that identity, especially when so much of it seems lost? I address these questions by utilizing texts from the expansive body of work regarding ethnographic-historical-religious studies on Afro-spiritual practices to better analyze instances in literature in the ongoing practice of diasporic orientation. In this project, I argue …


Looking At The Past To Change The Future: Showcasing Featured Collections, Building Communities, And Co-Creating, Sherry Buchanan Jan 2024

Looking At The Past To Change The Future: Showcasing Featured Collections, Building Communities, And Co-Creating, Sherry Buchanan

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations

Academic libraries have the opportunity and the responsibility to promote and advance content that creates transformative and iterative learning opportunities. To that end, and in an effort to build communities and facilitate co-creation, Portland State University showcases three main Featured Collections in our open access repository, PDXScholar: Climate Justice, COVID-19, and Racial and Gender Equity, with a fourth pilot collection—Student Work: An Open Showcase of Outstanding Student-Created Research & Creative Work—under development. The collections include a broad range of audiovisual materials, such as podcasts and webinar series, as well as sustainability and equity work, student-created content, and numerous future-focused multidisciplinary …


Afro-Latin Americans Living In Spain And Social Death: Moving From The Empirical To The Ontological, Ethan Johnson, Joy González-Güeto, Vanessa Cadena Jan 2024

Afro-Latin Americans Living In Spain And Social Death: Moving From The Empirical To The Ontological, Ethan Johnson, Joy González-Güeto, Vanessa Cadena

Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper has three objectives. First, we establish that although Spain has attempted to distance itself from its role in the sub-saharan African slave trade and the significance blackness plays within its borders, there exists a significant population of people of African descent from Latin America living in Spain. Second, we show Black people are living what Sadiyah Hartmann refers to as the afterlife of slavery in Latin America. We claim it is worthwhile to take into account that Afro-Latin Americans are fleeing to the country that is largely responsible for them being in Latin America and the conditions of …


Countering Dominant Narratives In Community: The Many Voices In Spoken Word Poetry, Natalie Raquel Acuña Jan 2024

Countering Dominant Narratives In Community: The Many Voices In Spoken Word Poetry, Natalie Raquel Acuña

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

In this project I research the counternarratives within spoken word poetry by authors of color (i.e., Rafeef Ziadah, José Olivarez, and Denise Frohman) and how they resist the dominant narratives that are broadcast towards a larger audience. I analyze categories of counterstory through the following paired themes: immigration/citizenship, and joy/trauma. I delve into the heavy importance of community within my project in the realm of spoken word poetry. A lot of poetry is going against dominant narratives, community within this discourse gives a sense of belonging and relatability to the experience of the spoken word performers.


Looking At The Past To Change The Future: Showcasing Featured Collections, Building Communities, And Co-Creating, Sherry Buchanan Jan 2024

Looking At The Past To Change The Future: Showcasing Featured Collections, Building Communities, And Co-Creating, Sherry Buchanan

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

Academic libraries have the opportunity and the responsibility to promote and advance content that creates transformative and iterative learning opportunities. To that end, and in an effort to build communities and facilitate co-creation, Portland State University showcases three main Featured Collections in our open access repository, PDXScholar: Climate Justice, COVID-19, and Racial and Gender Equity, with a fourth pilot collection—Student Work: An Open Showcase of Outstanding Student-Created Research & Creative Work—under development. The collections include a broad range of audiovisual materials, such as podcasts and webinar series, as well as sustainability and equity work, student-created content, and numerous future-focused multidisciplinary …


The Latino Cultural Center: Higher Education And The Importance Of Community, Kamilah Mercedes Valentín Díaz Dec 2023

The Latino Cultural Center: Higher Education And The Importance Of Community, Kamilah Mercedes Valentín Díaz

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

The Latino Cultural Center (LCC) at Purdue University is 1 of 2 in the state of Indiana, with the other housed at Indiana University. Choosing to pursue higher education has its challenges, but not everyone has access to the same resources or community support that helps make the process easier. The LCC, like the other cultural centers on campus, is vital in distributing resources that aid in student success. They work to create an inclusive environment for the entire campus community by fostering meaningful dialogue and cultural understanding of the Latino/e/x community. They aim to support Latino/e/x faculty and staff …