| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 146 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
Religion in the Americas series, 1542-1279 ; v. 5 |
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Religion in the Americas series ; v. 5. 1542-1279
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| Contents |
Curing and Cosmology -- Duality, Fluidity, and Equilibrium -- The Sacred Earth of the Nahuas -- Gender and Healing Rituals -- Fusion with the Sacred -- Corporeality, Religious Metaphor, and Narrative -- Indigenous Eroticism and Colonial Morality -- Scattering of Jades -- Beyond Mesoamerica -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
This volume deals with the world of women in Mesoamerica, discussing particularly the religious and ritual aspects of gender. As its sources, it uses colonial documents of the contact period with European cultures, testimonies of the subjugated indigenous during the colonial period, as well as contemporary ethnographic studies. The book starts with an analysis of healing rituals in contemporary Mexico, focusing on the "refunctionalization" of ancient beliefs and practices. From there it moves spiral-like between pre-hispanic and colonial pasts and diverse presents. The section on "orality" is a methodological proposal for the study of indigenous religious traditions. The book is illustrated with reproductions of ancient codices |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-136) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Indians of Mexico -- Religion.
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Indians of Mexico -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Indian women -- Mexico -- Historiography
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Human body -- Symbolic aspects -- Mexico
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Sex role -- Mexico
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RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal.
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Human body -- Symbolic aspects
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Indians of Mexico -- Religion
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Indians of Mexico -- Rites and ceremonies
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Manners and customs
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Sex role
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Sekseverschillen.
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Godsdiensten.
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Mexico -- Social life and customs
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Mexico -- Religious life and customs
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Mexico
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Midden-Amerika.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047408680 |
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9047408683 |
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1281396974 |
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9781281396976 |
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9786611396978 |
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6611396977 |
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