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Book Tizoc

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  • Author : Frederick Webb Hodge
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1923
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 394 pages

Download or read book Tizoc written by Frederick Webb Hodge and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tizoc

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  • Author : Marshall Howard Saville
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1929
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book Tizoc written by Marshall Howard Saville and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Handbook to Life in the Aztec World

Download or read book Handbook to Life in the Aztec World written by Manuel Aguilar-Moreno and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes daily life in the Aztec world, including coverage of geography, foods, trades, arts, games, wars, political systems, class structure, religious practices, trading networks, writings, architecture and science.

Book Nahuatl Theater

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  • Author : Barry D. Sell
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780806138787
  • Pages : 448 pages

Download or read book Nahuatl Theater written by Barry D. Sell and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European religious drama adapted for an Aztec audience

Book The Aztec Empire

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  • Author : Nicholas J. Saunders
  • Publisher : Capstone Classroom
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9781403454591
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book The Aztec Empire written by Nicholas J. Saunders and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2005 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the history of the Aztec empire by examining archaeological excavations of historical sites and the artifacts found at those sites.

Book The White Indians of Mexican Cinema

Download or read book The White Indians of Mexican Cinema written by Mónica García Blizzard and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Indians of Mexican Cinema theorizes the development of a unique form of racial masquerade—the representation of Whiteness as Indigeneity—during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, from the 1930s to the 1950s. Adopting a broad decolonial perspective while remaining grounded in the history of local racial categories, Mónica García Blizzard argues that this trope works to reconcile two divergent discourses about race in postrevolutionary Mexico: the government-sponsored celebration of Indigeneity and mestizaje (or the process of interracial and intercultural mixing), on the one hand, and the idealization of Whiteness, on the other. Close readings of twenty films and primary source material illustrate how Mexican cinema has mediated race, especially in relation to gender, in ways that project national specificity, but also reproduce racist tendencies with respect to beauty, desire, and protagonism that survive to this day. This sweeping survey illuminates how Golden Age films produced diverse, even contradictory messages about the place of Indigeneity in the national culture. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)—a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of Emory University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: https://www.openmonographs.org/. It can also be found in the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7153

Book State and Cosmos in the Art of Tenochtitlan

Download or read book State and Cosmos in the Art of Tenochtitlan written by Richard F. Townsend and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1979 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Townsend offers an interpretation of Mexica monumental art by identifying three interrelated themes: the conception of the universe as sacred structure, the correspondence of the social order and the territory of the nation with the cosmic structure, and the representation of Tenochtitlan as historically legitimate successor to past civilization.

Book Ahuitzotl

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  • Author : Herb Allenger
  • Publisher : AudioInk Publishing
  • Release : 2013-10-04
  • ISBN : 1613395108
  • Pages : 807 pages

Download or read book Ahuitzotl written by Herb Allenger and published by AudioInk Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambitious, bold, proud, and undefeated on the battlefield, the charismatic and dynamic warlord, Ahuitzotl, stops at nothing in order to attain his vainglorious ends. He is involved in a plot to depose the present monarch after being assured by the leader of the inter-clan council that he would be appointed to succeed him in power. As ruler, he embarks on a series of conquests that make him the undisputed master of his world. At the dedication ceremony of the Great Temple in his capital, he orders, as a climactic exposition of his pride, the largest mass sacrifice ever known, an orgy of excess seen by the priests as outraging the gods, and for which he will suffer their vengeance. He leads his people to their greatest heights only to then bring calamity upon them, giving credence to their belief that he is being punished for having offended the gods. He alienates his allied lords as he seeks to place their kingdoms under his domination. He manipulates the lives of his two most beloved women to serve his own selfish purposes, resulting in tragic consequences for one of them. When matched in skill and prowess by the enemy lord of a rival power, he becomes obsessed with destroying his opponent, unable to tolerate this blow to his ego, and sets into motion forces that culminate in a cruel retribution against him. The world of the Aztec ruling elites, with its intrigues, politics, and bloody rituals comes to life for the reader in this epic work.

Book Aztecs on Stage

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2012-09-13
  • ISBN : 0806185317
  • Pages : 246 pages

Download or read book Aztecs on Stage written by and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nahuatl drama, one of the most surprising results of the Catholic presence in colonial Mexico, merges medieval European religious theater with the language and performance traditions of the Aztec (Nahua) people of central Mexico. Franciscan missionaries, seeking effective tools for evangelization, fostered this new form of theater after observing the Nahuas’ enthusiasm for elaborate performances. The plays became a controversial component of native Christianity, allowing Nahua performers to present Christian discourse in ways that sometimes effected subtle changes in meaning. The Indians’ enthusiastic embrace of alphabetic writing enabled the use of scripts, but the genre was so unorthodox that Spanish censors prevented the plays’ publication. As a result, colonial Nahuatl drama survives only in scattered manuscripts, most of them anonymous, some of them passed down and recopied over generations. Aztecs on Stage presents accessible English translations of six of these seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Nahuatl plays. All are based on European dramatic traditions, such as the morality and passion plays; indigenous actors played the roles of saints, angels, devils—and even the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Louise M. Burkhart’s engaging introduction places the plays in historical context, while stage directions and annotations in the works provide insight into the Nahuas’ production practices, which often incorporated elaborate sets, props, and special effects including fireworks and music. The translations facilitate classroom readings and performances while retaining significant artistic features of the Nahuatl originals.

Book Aztec Warfare

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  • Author : Ross Hassig
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 1988
  • ISBN : 9780806127736
  • Pages : 428 pages

Download or read book Aztec Warfare written by Ross Hassig and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In exploring the pattern and methods of Aztec expansion, Ross Hassig focuses on political and economic factors. Because they lacked numerical superiority, faced logistical problems presented by the terrain, and competed with agriculture for manpower, the Aztecs relied as much on threats and the image of power as on military might to subdue enemies and hold them in their orbit. Hassig describes the role of war in the everyday life of the capital, Tenochtitlan: the place of the military in Aztec society; the education and training of young warriors; the organization of the army; the use of weapons and armor; and the nature of combat.

Book The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal

Download or read book The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Essential Codex Mendoza

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  • Author : Frances Berdan
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1997-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780520204546
  • Pages : 460 pages

Download or read book The Essential Codex Mendoza written by Frances Berdan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of v. 2 and 4 of Berdan and Anawalt's The Codex Mendoza (4 v. -- Berkeley : University of California Press, c1992).

Book New Latin American Cinema

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  • Author : Michael T. Martin
  • Publisher : Wayne State University Press
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780814325865
  • Pages : 546 pages

Download or read book New Latin American Cinema written by Michael T. Martin and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mapping the historical and cultural contexts of film practices in Latin America, this two-volume collection of programmatic statements, esays and interviews is devoted to the study of a theorized, dynamic and unfinished cinematic movement. Forged by Latin America's post-colonial environment of underdevelopment and dependency, the New Latin American Cinema movement has sought to inscribe itself in Latin America's struggles for cultural and economic autonomy. This volume comprises essays on the development of the New Latin American Cinema as a comparative national project. Essays are grouped by nation into two regions - Middle and Central America and Caribbean and South America - for comparitive study, particularly between capitalist and post-revolutionary socialist formations. The selected essays examine the relationship between cinema and nationhood and the ambiguous categories of culture, identity and nation within the socio-historical specificities of the movement's development, especially in Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Argentina. This collection will serve as an essential reference and research tool for the study of world cinema. The collection, while celebrating the diversity and innovation of the New Latin American Cinema, explicates the historical importance of filmmaking as a cultural form and political practice in Latin America.

Book The History of Mexico

Download or read book The History of Mexico written by Francesco Saverio Clavigero and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Servant of the Underworld

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  • Author : Aliette de Bodard
  • Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
  • Release : 2016-01-05
  • ISBN : 1625671644
  • Pages : 444 pages

Download or read book Servant of the Underworld written by Aliette de Bodard and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy: Year One-Knife, Tenochtitlan the capital of the Aztecs. Human sacrifice and the magic of the living blood are the only things keeping the sun in the sky and the earth fertile. A Priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood. It should be a usual investigation for Acatl, High Priest of the Dead--except that his estranged brother is involved, and the the more he digs, the deeper he is drawn into the political and magical intrigues of noblemen, soldiers, and priests-and of the gods themselves... REVIEWS: ‘ gripping mystery steeped in blood and ancient Aztec magic. I was enthralled.’ — Sean Williams ‘An Aztec priest of the dead tries to solve a murder mystery, and finds that politics may be even more powerful than magic. A vivid portrayal of an interesting culture in a truly fresh fantasy novel.’ — Kevin J. Anderson ‘Amid the mud and maize of the Mexica empire, Aliette de Bodard has composed a riveting story of murder, magic and sibling rivalry.’ — Elizabeth Bear ‘The world-building is exquisite and we *believe* we are transported to the 15th century Tenotichtlan and together with the superb voice they formed the main reason I enjoyed this book so much... Highly recommended... Ms. de Bodard is a writer to watch.’ — Fantasy Book Critic

Book Guatemozin

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  • Author : Malcolm Macdonald
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1878
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 204 pages

Download or read book Guatemozin written by Malcolm Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book California  Court of Appeal  2nd Appellate District   Records and Briefs

Download or read book California Court of Appeal 2nd Appellate District Records and Briefs written by California (State). and published by . This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: