Dangerous Speech: A Social History of Blasphemy in Colonial Mexico

by Javier Villa-flores

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Dangerous Speech is the first systematic treatment of blasphemous speech in colonial Mexico. This engaging social history examines the representation of blasphemy as a sin and a crime, and its repression by the Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish colonists viewed blasphemy not only as an insult against God but also as a dangerous misrepresentation of the deity, which could call down his wrath in a ruinous assault on the imperial enterprise.

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Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816525633

ISBN13:9780816525638

Release Date:November 2006

Publisher:University of Arizona Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"

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