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Balun-canan

by Rosario Castellanos · April 2003

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In the remote towns and haciendas of the high country of Chiapas, the 1910-1917 Mexican Revolution had little impact until the reforming governmetn of L©Łzaro C©Łrdenas during the 1930s began pressing for Indian rights and education. A 7-year-old girl watches as the old order -- where a few powerful land-owning families and their male heirs could dominate a region politically and even sexually -- breaks down.

HistoryFictionIndians of MexicoFiction, generalMexico, fictionEthnologyMayasSocial life and customsMuchachasHistoriaFicciónGirls