The Serpent's Plumes: Contemporary Nahua Flowered Words in Movement (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781438497785)

The Serpent's Plumes 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.

Author: Adam W. Coon
ISBN-10: 1438497784
ISBN-13: 9781438497785
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2024
Pages: 358
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d