Crazy February: Death and Life in the Mayan Highlands of Mexico [Paperback]

Carter Wilson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: University of California Press (April 2, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0520023994
• ISBN-13: 978-0520023994
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #780,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indian life in Highland Chiapas, May 22, 2000

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Christopher Fung (honolulu) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crazy February: Death and Life in the Mayan Highlands of Mexico (Paperback)

This is an excellent book. It captures the reality of life in an Indian village in Mexico during the 1950s and 1960s. The author spent considerable time in the highlands of Chiapas doing anthropological fieldwork, and his fictional work captures many of the aspects of ladino/Indian relations which continue to plague Mexico to this day. If you want a good, emotive background to the Zapatista rebellion, this is it! Also highly recommended: Wilson's fictional account of the Tzeltal uprising of the mid 18th century "A Green Tree and a Dry Tree"

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Anthro Fiction, October 18, 2005

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Macduff Everton (Santa Barbara, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crazy February: Death and Life in the Mayan Highlands of Mexico (Paperback)

Wilson's Crazy February is perhaps the best example of anthro fiction that I've read, and gives a much clearer idea of life in Chiapas than most anthro nonfiction. Crazy February gives the reader an acute sense of what it is really like to live there. I'd also recommend Peter Matthiessen's Far Tortuga as another wonderful example.

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, December 22, 2005

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This review is from: Crazy February: Death and Life in the Mayan Highlands of Mexico (Paperback)

This is a remarkably good book. Anyone interested in Mexico, Chiapas, indigenous cultures, or the Zapatista rebellion of 1994 in Chiapas should regard this as essential reading. Wilson gives, in a very readable fictional format, a clear and fascinating account of traditional life, culture, and values in a highland indigenous community. Those who read this should also see Wilson's ¨A Green Tree and a Dry Tree¨ about a rebellion fomented by this same Indian community in 1969, a real event but also presented in the form of a novel.