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Scandals in the House of Birds

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Marsilio PublishersDescription: 300 pagesISBN:
  • 9781568860442
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.8164005
LOC classification:
  • F1465.2.T9
Summary: Based on a 30 year span of fieldwork in the Lake Atitlan region of Guatemala, Scandals is a multi-voiced epic of a sacred crime and its tangled mythic, religious and political ramifications. The Maximon, a wooden idol venerated since pre-Columbian times is stolen, sent to a European museum, and finally returned decades later, largely thanks to the author's intervention.
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Based on a 30 year span of fieldwork in the Lake Atitlan region of Guatemala, Scandals is a multi-voiced epic of a sacred crime and its tangled mythic, religious and political ramifications. The Maximon, a wooden idol venerated since pre-Columbian times is stolen, sent to a European museum, and finally returned decades later, largely thanks to the author's intervention.

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