Caracoleando Among Worlds: The Contemporary Maya Literary Movement in Chiapas

Dr. Silvia Soto is associate chair in Native American Studies and an assistant professor in Chicano and Latino Studies at Sonoma State University (SSU). Her research focuses on the contemporary Maya literary movement of Chiapas, Mexico, more specifically on concepts of identity formation, gender relations, and Maya cosmovisions. Her first book, tentatively titled Caracoleando Among Worlds: The Re-construction of Maya Worlds in Chiapas, is currently under contract with the University of Arizona Press.