Maize and semiotic emergence in a contemporary Maya Tale: Tec Tun's, U tsikbalo’ob XNuk Nal [Tales of Old Mother Corn]

This article discusses a contemporary Maya story about the relationship between humanity and maize in the Yucatan Peninsula: José Manuel Tec Tun's, U tsikbalo’ob XNuk Nal / Los cuentos de la Abuela Mazorca [Tales of Old Mother Corn]. It argues that the story depicts a process that the recent bi...

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Main Author: Charles Maurice Pigott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Tapuya
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2019.1674547