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The People of the Bat; Mayan Tales and Dreams from Zinacantan
by Laughlin, Robert M. (Edited by Carol Karasik.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 087474590X
- ISBN 13
- 9780874745900
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press [0-87474-590-X] 1988. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 282pp. Photographs, notes, bibliography. "This is a book of dreams, myths, and tales from Zinacantan, a small Maya community in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. As in all major works that illuminate the deepest aspects of human existence, the People of the Bat overflows with the kinds of characters, struggles, and universal themes that define great literature". Book about Literature--Mexico. Edited by Carol Karasik. Translated by Robert M. Laughlin. Locale: Chiapas--Mexico; Zinacantan--Mexico. (Folklore, Dreams, Ethnography, Folklore, Indigenous Peoples, Legends, Mayan People, Mythology, Social Life).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 150938
- Title
- The People of the Bat; Mayan Tales and Dreams from Zinacantan
- Author
- Laughlin, Robert M. (Edited by Carol Karasik.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 087474590X
- ISBN 13
- 9780874745900
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- This edition first published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Folklore, Dreams, Ethnography, Folklore, Indigenous Peoples, Legends, Mayan People, Mythology, Social Life, Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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