Recovering Lost Footprints

Arturo Arias is John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the University of California, Merced. He is the author of Taking Their Word: Literature and the Signs of Central America.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. A Brief History of Guatemalan Maya Literature’s Emergence2. Luis de Lión: The Tragic Pioneer3. Gaspar Pedro González: A Maya "Best Seller"4. Víctor Montejo: The Framer of a New ImaginaryConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"Arias's study of Maya literature is important … Arias recognizes the complexity of the decolonial task at hand, acknowledging in his conclusion the need for different approaches and methodologies. This is perhaps what is most illuminating about Recovering Lost Footprints: it marks an important point in the development of the study of Maya literature, signaling a movement toward innovative decolonial approaches that set out to not only understand but also engage more fully with Maya authors and their work." — Native American and Indigenous Studies"This book provides an invaluable framework from which to study contemporary indigenous texts … Highly recommended." — CHOICE