The confrontation between European and native peoples in the Americas is often portrayed as a conflict between literate civilization and illiterate savages. That perception ignores the many indigenous forms of writing that were not alphabet-based, like Mayan pictoglyphs, Iroquoi…
Rather than seeing American literature as beginning with the writings of English or Spanish colonists, Brander Rasmussen points to the wide variety of indigenous writing in the Americas prior to colonization. The study looks at writing between 1524 and the mid-19th century work …
The confrontation between European and native peoples in the Americas is often portrayed as a conflict between literate civilization and illiterate savages. That perception ignores the many indigenous forms of writing that were not alphabet-based, like Mayan pictoglyphs, Iroquoi…
by Dalla-Corte, Gabriela, Lluís Vidal-Folch, Ariadna, Fórum Amer&Cat de las Lenguas Amerindias, Barcelona, Fòrum Amer & Cat de les Llengüas Ameríndies, Barcelona), Fórum Amer & Cat de las Lenguas Amerindias, Barcelona
