{"product_id":"the-serpents-plumes-9781438497778","title":"The Serpents Plumes","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDraws on Nahua concepts to explore Nahua literary production and contributions to cultural activism from the 1980s to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Serpent''s Plumes\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes contemporary Nahua cultural production, principally bilingual Nahuatl-Spanish xochitlajtoli, or \"poetry,\" written from the 1980s to the present. Adam W. Coon draws on Nahua perspectives as a decolonizing theoretical framework to argue that Nahua writers deploy unique worldviews-namely, ixtlamatilistli (\"knowledge with the face,\" which highlights the value of personal experiences); yoltlajlamikilistli (\"knowledge with the heart,\" which underscores the importance of affective intelligence); and tlaixpan (\"that which is in front,\" which presents the past as lying ahead of a subject rather than behind). The views of ixtlamatilistli, yoltlajlamikilistli, and tlaixpan are key in Nahua struggles and effectively challenge those who attempt to marginalize Native knowledge production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039820742999,"sku":"9781438497778","price":72.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-serpents-plumes-9781438497778","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}