Title: 2012 - die globalisierte Apokalypse aus lateinamerikanischer Perspektive /
Authors: Gunsenheimer, Antje,; Wehrheim, Monika,; Albert, Mechthild; Noack, Karoline,
Date: 2017
Publisher: V&R Unipress, Bonn University Press im Verlag V&R Unipress GmbH,
Physical description: 204 pages : illustrations (partly color) ; 24 cm.
Language: German
LC classification: F
Abstract: In 2012, the world experienced a spectacular media based hype about the reputed end of the world according to the end of the Maya calendar. The volume at hand combines studies of different disciplines which explore the question, what Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions really tell us about the "end of the world" and what of our apocalyptic visions are based on our own historic Jewish-Christian background. Further contributors in this volume discuss apocalyptic ideas of selected Amerindian societies from the colonial past up to the present. They also reflect how those apocalyptic visions are taken up again as metaphors in modern Mexican literature. The volume is closed by an interview on the effects of "2012" on Maya research with expert Nikolai Grube.
Notes: International conference proceedings.
Subject headings (LCSH): Apocalypse in literature--Congresses.; Apocalypse in mass media--Congresses.; End of the world--Congresses.; End of the world.; Latin America--Civilization--21st century--Congresses.; Latin American literature--21st century--History and criticism--Congresses.; Maya astrology--Congresses.; Maya astrology.; Maya calendar--Congresses.; Mexican literature--21st century--History and criticism--Congresses.; Two thousand twelve, A.D.--Congresses.