Aztecs

An Interpretation

AvInga Clendinnen

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Del i serien Canto Classics

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Beskrivning

In 1521, the city of Tenochtitlan, magnificent centre of the Aztec empire, fell to the Spaniards and their Indian allies. Inga Clendinnen's account of the Aztecs recreates the culture of that city in its last unthreatened years. It provides a vividly dramatic analysis of Aztec ceremony as performance art, binding the key experiences and concerns of social existence in the late imperial city to the mannered violence of their ritual killings.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-05-15
Mått:137 x 215 x 31 mm
Vikt:850 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Canto Classics
Antal sidor:574
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107693562

Utforska kategorier

Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Recensioner i media

'… a fascinating, thought-provoking book. Aztecs offers a gripping account of an alien society and thus enlarges our apprehension of the sheer diversity of human culture.' London Review of Books

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; Part I. The City: 1. Tenochtitlan: the public image; 2. Local perspectives; Part II. Roles: 3. Victims; 4. Warriors, priests and merchants; 5. The masculine self discovered; 6. Wives; 7. Mothers; 8. The female being revealed; Part III. The Sacred: 9. Aesthetics; 10. Ritual: the world transformed, the world revealed; Part IV: 11. Defeat; Epilogue; A question of sources; Monthly ceremonies of the seasonal calendar; The Mexica pantheon; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.