Inga Clendinnen,
Inga (La Trobe University, Victoria) Clendinnen
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 2014
9781107693562
Aztecs
An Interpretation
Specificaties
Paperback, 574 blz.
|
Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 2014
ISBN13: 9781107693562
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Canto Classics
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
In 1521, the city of Tenochtitlan, magnificent centre of the Aztec empire, fell to the Spaniards and their Indian allies. Inga Clendinnen's account of the Aztecs recreates the culture of that city in its last unthreatened years. It provides a vividly dramatic analysis of Aztec ceremony as performance art, binding the key experiences and concerns of social existence in the late imperial city to the mannered violence of their ritual killings.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781107693562
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:574
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:Canto Classics
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction; Part I. The City: 1. Tenochtitlan: the public image; 2. Local perspectives; Part II. Roles: 3. Victims; 4. Warriors, priests and merchants; 5. The masculine self discovered; 6. Wives; 7. Mothers; 8. The female being revealed; Part III. The Sacred: 9. Aesthetics; 10. Ritual: the world transformed, the world revealed; Part IV: 11. Defeat; Epilogue; A question of sources; Monthly ceremonies of the seasonal calendar; The Mexica pantheon; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.