The Mixtec pictorial manuscripts : time, agency, and memory in ancient Mexico /
The Mixtec civilization (of Oaxaca, Mexico) is one of the most interesting to survive from pre-colonial Mesoamerica. Among its characteristic products were highly artistic pictographic codices depicting the history and dynasties of its city-states. This handbook surveys and describes the illustrated...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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Colección: | Early Americas: history and culture ;
v. 1. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Part One 209;ee 209;uhu Sanaha: The Ancient Books
- I. Introduction to Mixtec Pictography
- II. Treasures From Ancient Libraries
- III. Rediscovery and Decipherment
- IV. Contemporary Studies and Discussions
- Part Two Tnuni Tani209;o: Signs And Symbols
- V. Post Colonial Hermeneutics
- VI. Acts and Visions
- VII. Memory Landscape
- Part Three Yaa Tnuhu: Dynastic History
- VIII. Foundation Narratives
- IX. The Noble Houses
- X. ColonialTransformation
- Conclusion 209;uu Tayu: The Sovereign Community
- Xi. Political and Ideological Dynamics
- References
- Index.