Word Mingas: Oralitegraphies and Mirrored Visions on Oralitures and Indigenous Contemporary Literatures

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Word Mingas is an English-language translation by Paul M. Worley and Melissa Birkhofer of the award-winning book Mingas de la palabra written by Miguel Rocha Vivas (Casa de las Americas, 2016). It is an encompassing study of oralitures--multilayered cultural knowledge shared through the power of orality--and written literatures by authors from Colombia and other regions in the hemisphere who self-identify as Indigenous. In consequential dialogue with the most recent theories of decoloniality and interculturality, the book weaves and compares two threads of literary critique Rocha Vivas names as oralitegraphies and mirrored visions. The study focuses on texts produced from the early 1990s to the present, and offers productive avenues to discuss, understand, and foster dialogue with the wide array of symbolic-literary systems of the original peoples. Rocha Vivas offers a valuable contribution to the much-needed dialogue on the basic rights of self-representation, self-determination, and the coexistence of multiple systems of representation and identity. Cover Half Title Title Copyright CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART I: READING ORALITEGRAPHIES Chapter 1: Mirrored Visions and Oralitegraphies in a “New” Reading of Colombia’s Cartography Chapter 2: Oraliture and Traditional Literary Genres: The Oraliterary Projects of Elicura Chihuailaf and Fredy Chikangana Chapter 3: Oraliture in Hugo Jamioy Juajibioy: An Oralitegraphic Reading of Bínÿbe oboyejuayëng/Danzantes del viento [Wind Dancers] PART II. MIRRORED VISIONS Chapter 4: With your Head in your Feet: Disarticulation and Rearticulation in Contemporary Indigenous Writing Chapter 5: Mirrored Visions on Literacy, the City, and Returning Home Chapter 6: Mirrored Visions: Finding an Autonomous Rhythm Against the Trains, Multinationals, The State, and Tourism Chapter 7: Conclusions WORKS CITED