Representing Aztec Ritual: Performance, Text, and Image in the Work of Sahagun

Book Overview

Arriving in Mexico less than a decade after the Spanish conquest of 1521, the Franciscan missionary Bernardino de Sahag n not only labored to supplant native religion with Christianity, he also gathered voluminous information on virtually every aspect of Aztec (Nahua) life in contact-period Mexico. His pioneering ethnographic work relied on interviews with Nahua elders and the assistance of a younger generation of bicultural, missionary-trained Nahuas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646421566
• ISBN13: 9781646421565
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"