Taken from the lips : gender and eros in Mesoamerican religions /
This volume deals with the world of women in Mesoamerica, discussing particularly the religious and ritual aspects of gender. As its sources, it uses colonial documents of the contact period with European cultures, testimonies of the subjugated indigenous during the colonial period, as well as conte...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2006.
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Colección: | Religion in the Americas series ;
v. 5. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This volume deals with the world of women in Mesoamerica, discussing particularly the religious and ritual aspects of gender. As its sources, it uses colonial documents of the contact period with European cultures, testimonies of the subjugated indigenous during the colonial period, as well as contemporary ethnographic studies. The book starts with an analysis of healing rituals in contemporary Mexico, focusing on the "refunctionalization" of ancient beliefs and practices. From there it moves spiral-like between pre-hispanic and colonial pasts and diverse presents. The section on "orality" is a methodological proposal for the study of indigenous religious traditions. The book is illustrated with reproductions of ancient codices |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 146 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-136) and index. |
ISBN: | 9789047408680 9047408683 1281396974 9781281396976 9786611396978 6611396977 |
ISSN: | 1542-1279 ; |