Title The Aztecs at independence : Nahua culture makers in central Mexico, 1799-1832 / Miriam Melton-Villanueva

Published Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction; 1. Inside the Altepetl of San Bartolomé; 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 Summary 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 indigenous society during the transition from colonial to post-colonial times. Describing their own world, Nahuatl-speaking women and men left last wills in their own tongue during an era when the written tradition of their language was generally assumed to have ended. In testaments clustered around epidemic cycles, they responded to profound changes in population, land use, and local governance with astonishing vibrancy. At the moment of Independence, after an entire colonial period of legal decrees aimed at eradicating indigenous languages, local notaries began to adopt Spanish as a means of preserving their communities' interests. The careful work of the notaries themselves allows a window into the development of modern Mexican Spanish, its unique character founded in indigenous concepts of space, time, and grammar--Provided by publisher Notes Revised edition of author's dissertation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed April 7, 2023) Subject Nahuatl-Spanish dialect -- Mexico -- Sources Nahuas -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources Nahuas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Nahuas -- Religion -- 19th century Nahuatl language -- Social aspects -- Sources Nahuatl imprints -- Sources Nahuas -- Writing -- Sources Nahuas -- Ethnic identity SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Nahuas Nahuas -- Ethnic identity Nahuas -- Religion Nahuas -- Social life and customs Nahuas -- Writing Nahuatl imprints Nahuatl language -- Social aspects Nahuatl-Spanish dialect Mexico Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book ISBN 9780816534630 0816534632

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