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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155372103321

Autore

Ríos Castaño Victoria

Titolo

Translation as conquest : Sahagún and Universal history of the things of New Spain / / Victoria Ríos Castaño

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid ; ; Frankfurt am Main : , : Iberoamericana : , : Vervuert, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

3-95487-190-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 páginas)

Collana

Parecos y australes ; ; 13

Disciplina

972.02092

Soggetti

Franciscans - Mexico - History - 16th century

Nahuatl language

Indians of Mexico - History - 16th century

Electronic books.

Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Incluye índice.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-312) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Sahagún's Education and Franciscan Training in Spain -- CHAPTER 2: Sahagún and the Spiritual Conquest of New Spain -- CHAPTER 3: Sahagún's Intellectual Models for the Composition of Historia universal -- CHAPTER 4: Inquisitorial Techniques as Sahagún's Method of Data Collection -- CHAPTER 5: The Composition of Historia universal: Sahagún, the Respondents, and the Assistants -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX I: Contents of Historia universal -- APPENDIX II Comparison of Contents -- APPENDIX III Sahagún's Rearrangement of Contents -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The title Translation as Conquest serves as a twofold metaphor that associates translation, conquest, and conversion and claims the role of Sahagún as the controlling mind of the translation process and as the editor of the cultural translation product.