Taken from the Lips: Gender and Eros in Mesoamerican Religions : Gender and Eros in Mesoamerican Religions / / Sylvia Marcos

• Autore: Marcos Sylvia
• Pubblicazione: Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 299.7/92
• Soggetto topico: Indian women - Mexico - Historiography; Indians of Mexico - Religion; Indians of Mexico - Rites and ceremonies
• Soggetto geografico: Mexico Social life and customs; Mexico Religious life and customs
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume deals with the world of women in Mesoamerica, discussing particularly the religious and ritual aspects of gender. As its sources, it uses colonial documents of the contact period with European cultures, testimonies of the subjugated indigenous during the colonial period , as well as contemporary ethnographic studies The book starts with an analysis of healing rituals in contemporary Mexico , focusing on the "refunctionalization" of ancient beliefs and practices.From there it moves spiral-like between pre-hispanic and colonial pasts and diverse presents. The section on "orality" is a methodological proposal for the study of indigenous religious traditions.The book is illustrated with reproductions of ancient codices.
• Altri titoli varianti: Gender and Eros in Mesoamerican Religions
• Titolo autorizzato: Taken from the Lips: Gender and Eros in Mesoamerican Religions
• ISBN: 1-281-39697-4; 9786611396978; 90-474-0868-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784861003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in the Americas ; ; 5.