Book talks
A talk with Dr. Gloria Chacón, Associate Professor, Department of Literature, UCSD
Monday, January 27, 2020
4:00 PM
Lydeen Library
Rolfe 4302
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Gloria Chacón is Associate Professor in the Department of
Literature at the University of California, San Diego. Among other works, she
is the author of the book Indigenous Cosmolectics: Kab'awil and the Making
of Maya and Zapotec Literatures (2018) and co-editor of the volume Indigenous
Interfaces: Spaces, Technologies, and Social Networks in Mexico and Central
America (2019). Dr. Chacón's talk will explore the rise of Maya and
Zapotec literatures in Mesoamerica during the late 20th and early 21st
centuries in light of kab'awil, a paradigmatic cosmolectics that manifests in
the works of indigenous authors, setting them apart from national
writers.