Annals of Native America: How the Nahuas of Colonial Mexico Kept Their History Alive
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For many generations, the Nahuas of Mexico maintained their tradition of the xiuhpohualli. or "year counts," telling and performing their history around communal firesides so that the memory of it would not be lost. When the Spaniards came, young Nahuas took the Roman letters taught to them by the friars and used the new alphabet to record historical performances by elders. Between them, they wrote hundreds of pages, which circulated widely within...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0190055529
ISBN13:9780190055523
Release Date:July 2019
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:340 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"
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