The Aztecs at Independence : Nahua Culture Makers in Central Mexico, 1799-1832 /
This manuscript offers the first internal ethnographic view of central Mexican indigenous communities at the critical time of Independence. Melton-Villanueva uses previously unknown Nahuatl-language sources--primarily last will and testaments--to provide a more comprehensive understanding of indigen...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
The University of Arizona Press,
2016.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Inside the Altepetl of San Bartolome; 2. Spanish-Language Texts by Nahua Escribanos; 3. The Escribanos Who Still Wrote in Nahuatl; 4. Nahuatl Formulas over Time and in Other Altepetl; 5. Death Rites, Local Religion, and Women on Church Grounds; 6. Household Ritual; Conclusion; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Testament List from the Independence Archive with Reference Codes; Appendix 2. Notaries of the Independence Archive by Altepetl; Appendix 3. Sample Testaments; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.