Dancing the new world : Aztecs, Spaniards, and the choreography of conquest / by Paul A. Scolieri.
Material type: TextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013Edition: 1st editionDescription: 1 online resource ((xii, 205 pages)Content type:- text
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- 9780292744936
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- Aztec dance
- Indian dance -- Mexico
- Dance -- Anthropological aspects -- Mexico
- Aztecs -- First contact with other peoples
- Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810
- Danses aztèques
- Danses indiennes d'Amérique -- Mexique
- Danse -- Aspect anthropologique -- Mexique
- Aztèques -- Premiers contacts avec les Européens
- Mexique -- Histoire -- 1540-1810 (Colonie espagnole)
- HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Folk
- Aztec dance
- Aztecs -- First contact with other peoples
- Dance -- Anthropological aspects
- Indian dance
- Mexico
- 1540-1810
- 972/.02 23
- F1219.76.D35 S36 2013eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction -- On the Areíto : Discovering dance in the New World -- Unfaithful imitation : Friar Toribio de Benavente "Motolinía" and the "Counterfeit" histories of dance -- The sacrifices of representation : Dance in the writings of Friar Bernardino de Sahagún -- Dances of death : The massacre at the Festival of Toxcatl -- The mystery of movement : Dancing in Colonial New Spain -- Conclusion.
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 Americas.
English.
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