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Pete Sigal, The Flower and the Scorpion. Sexuality and Ritual in Early Nahua Culture, Durham, north Carolina, Duke University Press, 2011 (Serie Latin America Otherwise: Languages, Empires, nations)
(Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2013)
This review provides a critical assessment of Pete Sigal’s book, which explores sexuality and ritual in Postclassic Nahua culture. The work draws from Nahuatl-language sources and colonial records, proposing an alternative ...
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Mark Z. Christensen, Nahua and Maya Catholicisms. Texts and Religion in Colonial Central Mexico and Yucatan, Stanford, California, Stanford University Press and Berkeley, California, The Academy of American Fran-ciscan History, 2013
(Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2014)
This review analyzes Mark Z. Christensen’s work, which compares colonial Christianity among Nahua and Maya communities through religious texts in native languages. Christensen argues that colonial Catholicism was not ...
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La variedad misionera del náhuatl en el Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana de fray Alonso de Molina (1555-1571)
(Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2013)
The present contribution reviews the main characteristic features that define the specific missionary nahuatl variety reflected in Alonso de Molina’s Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana de 15551571
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Sara Ladrón de Guevara et al., Culturas del Golfo, Milán, Instituto nacional de Antropología e Historia/Jacabook, 2012
(Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2013)
This review highlights the book Culturas del Golfo as a fundamental synthesis of the archaeology of the Gulf Coast of Mexico. Coordinated by Sara Ladrón de Guevara, the volume compiles contributions from leading scholars ...
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Alfredo López Austin, El conejo en la cara de la luna, México, Editorial Era/Instituto nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2012
(Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2013)
This review evaluates El conejo en la cara de la luna, a collection of eighteen essays on ancient and contemporary Mesoamerican mythology written by Alfredo López Austin. Beginning with a lunar myth, the book addresses ...
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Dos parcialidades étnicas en Azcapotzalco: Mexicapan y Tepanecapan
(Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2013)
This study consists of an overview of Azcapotzalco’s history from the 13th till the second half of the 16th century. Issues that will be analyzed are its foundation, its internal organization, the origin of the its two ...
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Ritos de paso de la niñez nahua durante la veintena de Izcalli
(Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2013)
Every four years, in Izcalli, the last veintena (20-day period) of the year, the nahuas conducted a number of rituals with the children: they were pierced the ears, stretched them to grow up, made them dance and gave them ...
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Ireneo Rojas (1941-2013)
(Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2014)
This obituary honors Dr. Ireneo Rojas, a prominent advocate for the Purépecha language and culture. Throughout his career, he held key positions such as Coordinator of the Research Area on Purépecha Culture at the Universidad ...
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Librado Silva Galeana (1942-2014)
(Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2014)
This obituary honors the life and work of Librado Silva Galeana, a renowned Nahuatl speaker, teacher, and advocate for Nahua language and culture. Born in Milpa Alta, he dedicated his life to teaching Nahuatl and training ...
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[La conquista de México y la Tenochtitlan novohispana]
(Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2013)
This document is a transcription of a 16th-century chronicle written by Alonso de Santa Cruz. It focuses on the events surrounding the conquest of Mexico and the transformation of Tenochtitlan into a colonial city under ...