{"product_id":"incantations-ambar-past-9781933693095","title":"Incantations: Songs, Spells and Images by Mayan Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book of poems and stark, vivid illustrations is rooted in the female soul of indigenous Mexico. The Tzotzil women of the Chiapas Highlands are the poets and the artists. Ambar Past, who collected the poems and drawings, includes a moving essay about their poetics, beliefs, and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s, living among the Maya, Past watched the people endure as an epidemic swept through a village. No help came. Many children died. One mother offered her dead child a last sip of Coca-Cola and uttered a prayer: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eTake this sweet dew from the earth, take this honey. It will help you on your way. It will give you strength on your path.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncantations like this--poems about birth, love, hate, sex, despair, and death--coupled with primitive illustrations, provide a compelling insight into the psychology of these Mayan women poets. The Cinco Puntos edition of \u003ci\u003eIncantations\u003c\/i\u003e is a facsimile of the original handmade edition produced by the Taller Le?ateros. It was reviewed in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of twenty-three, \u003cb\u003eAmbar Past\u003c\/b\u003e left the United States for Mexico. She lived among the Mayan people, teaching the techniques of native dyes and learning to speak Tzotzil. She is the creator of the graphic arts collective Taller Le?ateros in Chiapas and was a founding member of Sna Jolobil, a weaving cooperative for Mayan artisans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ambar Past\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933693096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933693095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cinco Puntos Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 42","brand":"Ambar Past","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46721346601215,"sku":"9781933693095","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b06d698-ea15-401a-b401-1b0716953709.jpg?v=1742752586","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/incantations-ambar-past-9781933693095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}