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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Nahua"”.
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Spanish, Nahua, and Maya Narratives on the 1585 Relación Geográfica Map of Santiago Atitlán
… Guatemala. The map displays the use of Spanish, Nahua, and Maya perspectives. The coexistence of indigenous Nahua versus Spanish or European iconographies and narratives is a theme constantly explored in the studies of the Relaciones Geográficas maps. However, the opposition of two different …
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"Hybrid Historiography in Colonial Mexico: Genre, Event and Time in the ""Cuauhtitlan Annals"" and the ""Historia De La Nacion Chichimeca"
… I compare how two histories of the pre-Hispanic Nahuas from the late 16th and early 17th centuries reflect their dual cultural and historiographical legacies. My basic thesis is that, far from indicating a merely passive ""assimilation"" of European culture, these works strategically make use of …
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Native Subordination Through The Franciscan Institutions During The Sixteenth Century
… the most influential factor in converting the Nahua populations was the apparition of the Virgin de Guadalupe, in 1533. These scholars have argued that at the time of her appearance the conversion of the country had been incomplete, but following her appearance Guadalupinist Catholicism spread …
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Affirming Indigeneity in Public Spaces: Indigenous Mexican Testimonios About Higher Education
… Mexican (Mixtec/Ñuu Savi, Zapotec/Bene Xhon, and Nahua) college students and graduates participated in the study, which involved participation in a 90-minute oral testimonio interview. Through a constant comparative analysis of the data, multiple readings of the participants’ transcripts and …
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The Culture of the Good Death in Seventeenth-Century Mexico City
… souls in Purgatory, and some pious works. For Nahua elite subjects, it meant fewer altar masses, but their preferred rites included a funeral with paid singers, and a Christian burial inside of a church. Confraternities ensured both the images and rites of the Good Death for members who paid …
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From Liberation Theology to Teología India: The Progressive Catholic Church in Southern Mexico, 1954-1994
… Catholics from SERESURE and indigenous Nahua villages created a multicultural pastoralism that tried to alleviate the economic crisis of neoliberal structural change and incorporated indigenous culture and religiosity into Mexican Catholicism. My dissertation challenges a …
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Indigenous Children in Urban Schools in Jalisco, Mexico: An Ethnographic Study on Schooling Experiences
… age, from 4 different ethnic groups: Mazahua, Nahua, Purepecha, and Totonaco. I also interviewed 22 mestizo children, 10 teachers, 3 principals, and 7 parents. The schooling experiences of indigenous children are discussed in the study. Elements such as language use, territory (geographic and …
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Las Alfareras de Panchimalco construcción social y simbólica
La tesis reseña la construcción social y simbólica de la categoría del génerofemenino y de la mujer. Describe e interpreta varios elementos mito-poéticosen relatos de la literatura oral en su contexto cotidiano de esta poblacióndeorigen náhuat. Obviamente, también alude a lo masculino y al …
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From One Woman to Another: The Role of Spanish Women in the Catholic Education of Indigenous Girls in Sixteenth Century New Spain
The endeavors of the colonial enterprise of the Spanish empire are often attributed to men while women are given secondary importance; yet women were greatly involved in the religious education and conversion of indigenous girls. Religious laywomen, or beatas, served as religious teachers to …