Sacred consumption : food and ritual in Aztec art and culture /

Aztec painted manuscripts and sculptural works, as well as indigenous and Spanish sixteenth-century texts, were filled with images of foodstuffs and food processing and consumption. Both gods and humans were depicted feasting, and food and eating clearly played a pervasive, integral role in Aztec ri...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Morán, Elizabeth, Ph.D (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Latin American and Caribbean arts and culture publication initiative (Andrew W. Mellon foundation)
Sujets:
Aztecs > Food.
Food in art.
Food > Social aspects > Mexico.
Aztec art > Themes, motives.
Aztecs > Social life and customs.
Art, Mexican.
Aztèques > Alimentation.
Aliments dans l'art.
Aliments > Aspect social > Mexique.
Art aztèque > Thèmes, motifs.
Aztèques > Mœurs et coutumes.
Art mexicain.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
ART / History / Prehistoric & Primitive
Food > Social aspects.
Mexico.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Ceremonial consumption in everyday life
  • Food in Aztec public ritual
  • Aztec myths, cosmovision, and food
  • Food and ritual after the conquest
  • Epilogue: some final thoughts on food.

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