Sweeping the way : divine transformation in the Aztec festival of Ochpaniztli / / Catherine R. DiCesare
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| Autore: |
DiCesare Catherine R
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| Titolo: |
Sweeping the way : divine transformation in the Aztec festival of Ochpaniztli / / Catherine R. DiCesare
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| Pubblicazione: | Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | xvi, 229 p. : ill |
| Disciplina: | 299.7/8452038 |
| Soggetto topico: | Aztecs - Rites and ceremonies |
| Aztecs - Religion | |
| Picture-writing - Mexico | |
| Human sacrifice - Mexico | |
| Aztecs - Historiography | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-222) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1: Sources for Ochpaniztli: -- 2: Visualizing the Sacred in the Ochpaniztli Festival -- 3: Purification and Renewal during the Festival of Ochpaniztli -- 4: The Colonial Image of Tlazolteotl -- 5: Ochpaniztli in the Mexican Codex Borbonicus -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Many disasters originate from a force of nature, such as an earthquake, cyclone, tsunami, volcanic eruption, drought, or flood. But that is only half of the story; decisions of people and their particular cultural lifeways are the rest. Sociocultural fact |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sweeping the way |
| ISBN: | 9780870819728 |
| 0870819720 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910955134203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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