The flower and the scorpion : sexuality and ritual in early Nahua culture /

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Sigal argues that sixteenth century Nahua sexuality cannot be fully understood only through colonial sensibilities and sources. He examines legal documents, clerical texts, pictorial manuscripts, images and glyphs of Nahua gods and goddesses and descriptions of fertility rituals and other historical...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sigal, Peter Herman, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Series:Latin America otherwise.
Subjects:
1500-1599
Nahuas > Social life and customs > 16th century.
Nahuas > Rites and ceremonies.
Nahuas > Sexual behavior.
Nahua > Mœurs et coutumes > 16e siècle.
Nahua > Rites et cérémonies.
Nahua > Sexualité.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Nahuas > Rites and ceremonies
Nahuas > Social life and customs
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The bath
  • Trash
  • Sin
  • The warrior goddess
  • The phallus and the broom
  • The homosexual
  • Sex
  • Mirrors.

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