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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morán, Elizabeth, Ph.D (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Latin American and Caribbean arts and culture publication initiative (Andrew W. Mellon foundation)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.