"The ""Popol Vuh"" and the Dominican Friar Francisco Ximenez: The Maya -Quiche Narrative as a Product of Religious Extirpation in Colonial Highland Guatemala"
Quiroa, Nestor Ivan
This item is only available for download by members of the University of Illinois community. Students, faculty, and staff at the U of I may log in with your NetID and password to view the item. If you are trying to access an Illinois-restricted dissertation or thesis, you can request a copy through your library's Inter-Library Loan office or purchase a copy directly from ProQuest.
Permalink
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/86116
Description
Title
"The ""Popol Vuh"" and the Dominican Friar Francisco Ximenez: The Maya -Quiche Narrative as a Product of Religious Extirpation in Colonial Highland Guatemala"
Author(s)
Quiroa, Nestor Ivan
Issue Date
2002
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Susan D. Gillespie
John Wilcox
Department of Study
Spanish
Discipline
Spanish
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Anthropology, Cultural
Language
eng
Abstract
My dissertation provides an inter-disciplinary, revisionist approach to the Popol Vuh that encompasses the fields of literature and anthropology. I challenge traditional approaches to this manuscript by placing it within the historical, cultural, and religious context of colonial contact. My study addresses the fundamental question of what the manuscript was originally and what it represents today, given that it has been solely studied as an independent, self-contained text apart from its original context. My main hypothesis, based on examination of Friar Ximenez's text itself, is that he initially compiled this indigenous narrative as part of a larger religious treatise to convert the Maya population to Christianity and ultimately to extirpate the Quiche religion. As such, I demonstrate how Friar Ximenez's religious mentality ultimately influenced his Spanish translation of the Quiche manuscript at linguistic and symbolic levels. Consequently, I redefine the Popol Vuh as having both indigenous and Dominican facets since the text is a product of the colonial conditions that prevailed in highland Guatemala as the missionary friars conducted the spiritual conquest of the Maya-Quiche.
Use this login method if you
don't
have an
@illinois.edu
email address.
(Oops, I do have one)
IDEALS migrated to a new platform on June 23, 2022. If you created
your account prior to this date, you will have to reset your password
using the forgot-password link below.
