| Nahuatl Theater: Nahuatl Theater Volume 4: Nahua Christianity in Performance Contributor(s): Sell, Barry D. (Editor), Burkhart, Louise M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0806140100 ISBN-13: 9780806140100 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Native American - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 897.452 |
| LCCN: 2004048046 |
| Series: Nahuatl Theater |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 7" W x 9.9" (1.95 lbs) 405 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Barry D. Sell and Louise M. Burkhart have chosen plays that represent the types of dramas performed in late-colonial Aztec communities and underscore the differences between local religion and church doctrine. Included are a complex epiphany drama from Metepec, two morality plays, two Passion plays, and three history plays that show how Nahuas dramatized Christian legends to reinterpret the Spanish Conquest. Fruits of a performance tradition rooted in sixteenth-century collaborations between Franciscan friars and Nahua students, these plays demonstrate how vigorously Nahuas maintained their traditions of community theater, passing scripts from one town to another and preserving them over many generations. The editors provide new insights into Nahua conceptions of Christianity and of society, gender, and morality in the late colonial period. Their precise transcriptions and first-time English translations make this, along with the previous volumes, an indispensable resource for Mesoamerican scholars. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burkhart, Louise M.: - Louise M. Burkhart is Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Albany, and co-editor and co-translator of Nahuatl Theater, the four-volume set of plays. |