U páajtalil maaya ko’olel: Briceida Cuevas Cob’s Je’ Bix K’in and the Rights of Maya Women

  • Paul M Worley U of North Dakota
Keywords Indigenous Movements, Maya Literatures, Indigenous Literatures
Keywords Indigenous Movements, Maya Literatures, Indigenous Literatures

Abstract

This article examines the theme of Yucatec Maya women’s rights in poet Briceida Cuevas Cob’s Je’ Bix K’in. Situating its discussion within the official elaboration of these rights in INDEMAYA’s tortipack campaign, this article argues that Cuevas Cob’s poetry constitutes a critical intervention into regional, national, and international discourses on human rights and the rights of indigenous women in particular.

Author Biography

Paul M Worley, U of North Dakota
Paul M. Worley is an Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at the University of North Dakota.
Published
2013-05-31
Section
Dossier on Indigenismo