The Myth of Quetzalcoatl: Religion, Rulership, and History in the Nahua World - Couverture souple

Austin, Alfredo López

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1607323907 ISBN 13 : 9781607323907

Editeur : University Press of Colorado, 2015

Synopsis

The Myth of Quetzalcoatl is a translation of Alfredo López Austin s 1973 book Hombre-Dios: Religión y politica en el mundo náhuatl. Despite its pervasive and lasting influence on the study of Mesoamerican history, religion in general, and the Quetzalcoatl myth in particular, this work has not been available in English until now. The importance of Hombre-Dios and its status as a classic arise from its interdisciplinary approach, creative use of a wide range of source material, and unsurpassed treatment of its subject the nature and content of religious beliefs and rituals among the native populations of Mesoamerica and the manner in which they fused with and helped sanctify political authority and rulership in both the pre- and post-conquest periods. Working from a wide variety of previously neglected documentary sources, incorporating myth, archaeology, and the ethnography of contemporary Native Americans including non-Nahua peoples, López Austin traces the figure of Quetzalcoatl as a Man-God from pre-conquest times, while Russ Davidson s translator s note, Davíd Carrasco's foreword, and López Austin s introduction place the work within the context of modern scholarship. López Austin s original work on Quetzalcoatl is a pivotal work in the field of anthropology, and this long-overdue English translation will be of significance to historians, anthropologists, linguists, and serious readers interested in Mesoamerica.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alfredo López Austin is emeritus researcher and professor of history at the Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. A specialist in Mesoamerican history and culture, he is best known for his extensive writings on and investigations into the belief systems and religion of pre-Columbian and conquest-era indigenous cultures in Mexico. Russ Davidson is curator emeritus of Latin American and Iberian collections and professor emeritus of librarianship at the University of New Mexico. Guilhem Olivier is a researcher at the Instituto de Investigaciones Històricas at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma in Mexico City and lecturer at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of Colorado
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1607323907
• ISBN 13: 9781607323907
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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