Latin American HUM

This has been a difficult year, however, I have had the opportunity to read great texts thanks to my classes at school. This is the list of them: Christenson, Allen. Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of The Maya . O Books, 2003 If you are interested in Latin American culture, this is definitely a book you should read. It contains passages of the stories told through generations of the Mayas regarding the creation, in addition to other stories that were recorded on paper and pieces of art that support the texts. It has some funny sections, however, the main purpose is to learn about such a valuable and beautiful culture. Christenson does an exceptional job translating the text. Holmes, Seth. Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies . The Regents of the University of California, 2013. The dedication and effort to carry out his job as a medical anthropologist are reflected in the quality of information contained in this book. The details with which Holmes describes each of his experiences help to recreate it ...

Photo: Popol Vuh (Book, By Allen J. Christenson, 2003.                                                                                     Today's post is about a very important book for the Maya culture and all of us who are interested in knowing as much as possible about them. The book is entitled Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of The Maya , which was translated by Allen J. Christenson. Some of the main characters in this story are: One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu, two brothers whose name represents their main activity, in this case using their blowguns. They play an important role because they are involved in a problem since they disturbed the lords of the underworld with their ball game, then they are asked to summon and die in that...

Photo: Replica of an Olmec Colossal head from San Lorenzo, Carol Highsmith, University of  Texas at Austin.                  In this post, we are going to compare two amazing pieces of information about the Olmec culture.One is a  video entitled Lost Kingdoms of Central America presented by Jacob Cooper, an archeologist specialized in the American cultures. The other is an article, La Venta , by Rebecca Gonzalez. Copper's main concepts addressed in the video are an extensive explanation of important facts, discoveries, ideas, rituals, activities, but mainly arts that the Olmecs used to do during their presence in Mesoamerica. As Cooper declares, "to understand how the Olmecs arose, how they ruled 3,000 years ago and why they created that astonishing art is to understand the rise of civilization itself" (Lost 2:28-2:40). It's fascinating how he works hard in order to find the right place for whatever he wants to show his ...

          The radio program Latino USA presented a beautiful story about The Migrant Student Club during their transmission the past August 18 th of the current year 2020. I listened to this program on September 1st 2020, and from this audio I learned that there are thousands of students from immigrant families, whose responsibility is not just going to school, but also helping with their house mortgage, bills, clothes, and grocery at home, because their parents’ salary isn’t enough to pay basic needs. To do so, this program focuses in a group of teenagers who travel to states in the north of the country and spend their summer as farmworkers. This theme relates to the class because basically all of them traveled from Latin American countries when they were very young, and their parents came here looking for opportunities in a developed country. There are differences among cultures in those southern countries, however, they all share the same tough childhoo...

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