Research Catalog

Title

Dancing the new world : Aztecs, Spaniards, and the choreography of conquest / Paul A. Scolieri.

Author

Scolieri, Paul A.

Publication

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.

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Holdings

Details

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books.

Subject

• Aztec dance
• Indian dance > Mexico
• Dance > Anthropological aspects > Mexico
• Aztecs > First contact with other peoples
• Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--New York University, 2003.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9780292744929 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0292744927 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012031508

OCLC

814389447

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library