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Taken from the Lips: Gender and Eros in Mesoamerican Religions

Sylvia Marcos
4.9/5 (26314 ratings)
Description:This volume deals with the world of women in Mesoamerica, discussing particularly the religious and ritual aspects of gender. As its sources, it uses colonial documents of the contact period with European cultures, testimonies of the subjugated indigenous during the colonial period, as well as contemporary ethnographic studies. The book starts with an analysis of healing rituals in contemporary Mexico, focusing on the refunctionalization of ancient beliefs and practices. From there it moves spiral-like between pre-hispanic and colonial pasts and diverse presents. The section on orality is a methodological proposal for the study of indigenous religious traditions. The book is illustrated with reproductions of ancient codices.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Taken from the Lips: Gender and Eros in Mesoamerican Religions. To get started finding Taken from the Lips: Gender and Eros in Mesoamerican Religions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
164
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Release
2010
ISBN
1281396974

Taken from the Lips: Gender and Eros in Mesoamerican Religions

Sylvia Marcos
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Description: This volume deals with the world of women in Mesoamerica, discussing particularly the religious and ritual aspects of gender. As its sources, it uses colonial documents of the contact period with European cultures, testimonies of the subjugated indigenous during the colonial period, as well as contemporary ethnographic studies. The book starts with an analysis of healing rituals in contemporary Mexico, focusing on the refunctionalization of ancient beliefs and practices. From there it moves spiral-like between pre-hispanic and colonial pasts and diverse presents. The section on orality is a methodological proposal for the study of indigenous religious traditions. The book is illustrated with reproductions of ancient codices.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Taken from the Lips: Gender and Eros in Mesoamerican Religions. To get started finding Taken from the Lips: Gender and Eros in Mesoamerican Religions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
164
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Release
2010
ISBN
1281396974
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