The Serpent's Plumes : Contemporary Nahua Flowered Words in Movement
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| Title: | The Serpent's Plumes : Contemporary Nahua Flowered Words in Movement |
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| Description: | Draws on Nahua concepts to explore Nahua literary production and contributions to cultural activism from the 1980s to the present.2025 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleSilver Medal Co-Winner of the 2025 International Latino Book Awards, in the category of Best Academic Themed Book, College LevelThe 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. |
| Authors: | Adam W. Coon |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Nahuas--Intellectual life, Decolonization in literature, Nahuatl literature--History and criticism, Nahua philosophy, Nahuatl language |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Indigenous, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Draws on Nahua concepts to explore Nahua literary production and contributions to cultural activism from the 1980s to the present.2025 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleSilver Medal Co-Winner of the 2025 International Latino Book Awards, in the category of Best Academic Themed Book, College LevelThe 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. |
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| ISBN: | 9781438497778 9781438497785 9781438497792 |
