| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 306 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and colonial Indigenous historiography from the conquest to the present / Jongsoo Lee and Galen Brokaw -- 2. The identities of Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl / Gordon Whittaker -- 3. Ixtlilxochitl's ethnographic encounter : understanding the Codex Xolotl and its dependent alphabetic texts / Jerome A. Offner -- 4. Colonial writings and Indigenous politics in New Spain : Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Chronicles and the Cacicazgo of Teotihuacan / Jongsoo Lee -- 5. Constructed discourse in Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Chronicles / Heather Allen -- 6. Voice in Alva Ixtlilxochitl's historical writings / Jose Rabasa -- 7. Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Marina and other women of conquest / Susan Kellogg -- 8. Alva Ixtlilxochitl and the Guadalupe legend : the question of authorship / Amber Brian -- 9. Credible, accurate, and approved : Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and Mexico's patriotic historiography / Pablo García Loaeza -- Chronology -- Glossary |
| Summary |
"The book provides an overview of the life, work, and legacy of Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and revises and expands our understanding of his racial and cultural identity, his method of transcribing pictorial texts, his treatment of gender, and his influence on Mexican nationalism, offering many insights on Aztec and Mexican history and culture"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Alva Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando de, 1578-1650.
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| SUBJECT |
Alva Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando de, 1578-1650
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Alva Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando de, 1578-1650 fast |
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Historians -- Mexico -- 17th century -- Biography
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HISTORY -- General.
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Historians
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Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084578
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Mexico
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Brokaw, Galen, 1966- editor.
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Lee, Jongsoo, 1964- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780816533688 |
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0816533687 |
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