Transcending Conquest Nahua Views of Spanish Colonial Mexico

Name: Transcending Conquest Nahua Views of Spanish Colonial Mexico
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ISBN: 9780806143033

ISBN-10: 0806143037

ISBN-13: 9780806143033

Edition: N/A

Authors: Stephanie Wood

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Columbus arrived on North American shores in 1492, and Cortés had replaced Moctezuma, the Aztec Nahua emperor, as the major figurehead in central Mexico by 1521. Five centuries later, the convergence of “old” and “new” worlds and the consequences of colonization continue to fascinate and horrify us. In Transcending Conquest, Stephanie Wood uses Nahuatl writings and illustrations to reveal Nahua perspectives on Spanish colonial occupation of the Western Hemisphere.Mesoamerican peoples have a strong tradition of pictorial record keeping, and out of respect for this tradition, Wood examines multiple examples of pictorial imagery to explore how Native manuscripts have depicted the European…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 5/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English