Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2014

Abstract

El surgimiento de la nueva generaci6n de escritores indigenas es uno de los fe­ n6menos actuales mas importantes dentro del ambito cultural latinoamericano. La misi6n de estos autores es la recuperaci6n de sus tradiciones nativas como un sistema etico altemativo para nuestra civilizaci6n: un gran desafio al para­ digma moderno de la expansion econ6mica. El prop6sito de este ensayo es ex­ plorar la contribuci6n de Mario Molina Cruz, uno de los escritores contempo­raneos sobresalientes en los idiomas nativos de Mexico (Premio Nezahualc6- yotl 2006), al debate actual sobre los beneficios y las amenazas de la globaliza­ ci6n. Se examina su novela bilingiie, escrita en zapoteco y espanol, Xtille zjkw bele, !hen bene nhdlije ke Yu' Bza'o/Pancho Culebro y /os nahuales de Tierra AZfil (2006), que ilumina c6mo el autor dialoga con el mito del progreso, en el cual se basa el discurso neoliberal, y los mitos indigenistas que idealizan las comuni­dades nativas.

Palabras claw. America Latina, globalizaci6n, literatura indigena, espiritualidad.

The recent decades have witnessed the emergence of a new generation of indi­genous writers, one of the most important cultural phenomena in Latin Ameri­ca. The mission of these authors is the recuperation of their native traditions as an alternative system of ethics for our civilization: a decisive challenge to the modern paradigm of economic expansion. The aim of this essay is to explore the contribution of Mario Molina Cruz, one of the most outstanding contem­porary writers in the native languages of Mexico (Nezahualc6yotl Prize 2006), to the current debate on the benefits and threats of globalization. The focus is on his bilingual novel, written in Zapotec and Spanish, Xtille zjkw bele, !hen bene nhalije ke Yu' Bza'o/Pancho Culebro y /os nahuales de Tierra AZfil (2006), which illuminates how the author dialogues with the myth of progress upholding the neoliberal capitalist order, and indigenous myths that idealize native communi­ties.

Krywords-. Latin America, globalization, indigenous literature, spirituality.

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