Aztecs
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and...
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This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a people profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and warfare.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Aztecs “
CHAPTER 1: THE CITY OF TENOCHTITLAN: CENTER OF THE AZTEC WORLD ; CHAPTER 2: AZTEC FOUNDATIONS: AZTLAN, CITIES, PEOPLES ; CHAPTER 3: AZTEC EXPANSION THROUGH CONQUEST AND TRADE ; CHAPTER 4: COSMOVISION AND HUMAN SACRIFICE ; CHAPTER 5: WOMEN AND CHILDREN: WEAVERS OF LIFE AND PRECIOUS NECKLACES ; CHAPTER 6: WORD PLAY, PHILOSOPHY, SCULPTURE ; CHAPTER 7: THE FALL OF THE AZTECS ; CHAPTER 8: THE RETURN OF THE AZTECS ; REFERENCES ; FURTHER READING ; INDEX
Autoren-Porträt von David Carrasco
David Carrasco is the Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America at Harvard University. For his scholarship in Mesoamerican religions and his work on Mexican American culture he received the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Carrasco
- 2012, Maße: 11,4 x 0,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0195379381
- ISBN-13: 9780195379389
Sprache:
Englisch
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