Dancing the new world : Aztecs, Spaniards, and the choreography of conquest /

Dancing the new world : Aztecs, Spaniards, and the choreography of conquest /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Scolieri, Paul A., author.
Edition:	1st edition.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource ((xii, 205 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Aztec dance. Indian dance -- Mexico. Dance -- Anthropological aspects -- Mexico. Aztecs -- First contact with Europeans. Aztec dance. Aztecs -- First contact with Europeans. Dance -- Anthropological aspects. Indian dance. Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810. Mexico. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12661982

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ISBN:	9780292744936 0292744935 9780292744929 0292744927
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Scolieri, Paul A. Dancing the new world. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013 9780292744929
Govt.docs classification:	Z UA380.8 SCO44da

Table of Contents:

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.