{"product_id":"songs-that-make-the-road-dance-9781477305386","title":"Songs that Make the Road Dance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis major collection of courting and fertility songs documents a nearly lost element of highland Maya ritual life, revealing significant remnants of the ancient Maya belief system in songs that date back to the early colonial era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] new classic in the field of Mayan music studies.\" * Latin American Music Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"[O'Brien-Rothe's research practices] allowed for a collaborative research approach that was not merely a mechanism to compensate for her language skills but a way to understand the broader uses and meanings of ritual language in songs.\" * Latin American Research Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForewords \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllen J. Christenson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSandra L. Orellana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Personal Note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResearch in Santiago Atitlán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. The World of the Tz'utujil Maya \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe World of Spirits \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\"Song of the Spirit-Lord of the World\" (\"B'ix rxin Rajau Mund\")\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuality and Metaphor in the Santo Mundo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Presence of the Nawals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. The Dance and Songs of the Nawals \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld Mam Creates the Recibos \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\"Song of APla's Sojuel\" (\"B'ix rxin APla's Sojuel\")\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDance, Movement, and Songs: The Divine Currency of Sacrifice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDancing the Bundle of San Martín \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eMidwife's Prayer and \"Song of San Martín\" (\"B'ix rxin Martín\")\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRocking the Cradle of the Marias \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\"Song of the Rocking Cradle\"\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDancing the Wind-Men and the Rain-Men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRousing San Martín and the Spirit-Lords of Rain with Song \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\"Song of Martín\" (\"B'ix rxin Martín\")\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalling the Spirits of the Dead and the Drowned with Songs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. The \"Songs of the Road\": Texts and Contexts \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Road in the Tz'utujil Maya World\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld Mam, the Guardian of the Road, Creates Music and Dance \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe \"Songs of Mam\" (\"B'ix rxin Mam\")\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe First and Second \"Songs of the Road\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Third Song of the Road\": Songs of Courtship and Fertility \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Songs of the Young Man\" (\"B'ix rxin C'jol\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Songs of the Young Girl\" (\"B'ix rxin K'poj\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"AtPal\": A Song of Courting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Songs of the Young Men and Young Girls, of Insults and Ridicule\" (\"B'ix rxin C'jola K'poja Xyo'k'a Xtz'u'ja\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Songs of the Old Maid\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWitchcraft and Shapeshifters in the Songs \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\"Songs of the Young Girl\" (\"B'ix rxin K'poj\")\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Sad Songs\" or \"Tristes\" \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"They Fought\" (\"Xqueti' qui'\") \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\"Sad Song of Our Fathers, Our Mothers\" (\"B'ix rxin Kadta, rxin Kate' Bis\")\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Songs of the Flowers and the Fruit\"(\"B'ix rxin Cotz'ej, Sk'ul\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. The Poetics of Tz'utujil Songs and Their Relationship to K'iche'an Literature \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Poetics of the Popol Vuh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Poetics of Tz'utujil Song Texts \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParallelism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnomatopoeia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssonance and Alliteration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComposition of the Texts and the Influence of Musical Rhythm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. The Music of the \"Songs of the Nawals\" \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForm and Style of the Songs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Recibos of Old Mam\": The Vessel of Tz'utujil Culture \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Songs of Mam\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Sad Song of the Young Man\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Song of the Young Girl Who Says Goodbye to Her Mother\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Song of the Old Maid\" or \"Song of the Road\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Song of the Fruit\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tz'utujil Guitar \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Origins of the Tz'utujil Guitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTuning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlaying Style and Technique\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepertoire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Songs Survived: The Process of Assimilation and Transmission\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinal Words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio Files of Recorded Examples\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408942539095,"sku":"9781477305386","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477305386.jpg?v=1730504797","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/songs-that-make-the-road-dance-9781477305386","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}