Dancing the New World - Aztecs, Spaniards, and the Choreography of Conquest

Informationen zum Autor By Paul A. Scolieri Klappentext Analyzing the extensive accounts of Aztec dance practices in colonial-era European chronicles, histories, letters, and travel books, this volume reveals the surprising and crucial role that dance played in the European conquest and colonization of the Ame Zusammenfassung Analyzing the extensive accounts of Aztec dance practices in colonial-era European chronicles, histories, letters, and travel books, this volume reveals the surprising and crucial role that dance played in the European conquest and colonization of the Ame Inhaltsverzeichnis List of AppendicesList of Maps and ImagesAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. On the Areíto: Discovering Dance in the New WorldChapter 2. Unfaithful Imitation: Friar Toribio de Benavente "Motolinía" and the "Counterfeit" Histories of DanceChapter 3. The Sacrifices of Representation: Dance in the Writings of Friar Bernardino de SahagúnChapter 4. Dances of Death: The Massacre at the Festival of ToxcatlChapter 5. The Mystery of Movement: Dancing in Colonial New SpainConclusionAppendices A–JNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Paul Scolieri, Paul A Scolieri, Paul A. Scolieri, SCOLIERI PAUL A
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2013
• EAN: 9780292744929
• ISBN: 978-0-292-74492-9
• No. of pages: 227
• Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative; Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation; Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation; Latin American and Caribbean A
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous