City of sacrifice : the Aztec empire and the role of violence in civilization / David Carrasco.
Author
Published
- Boston : Beacon Press ©1999
Physical description
279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
- 0807046426
- 9780807046425
- 9780807046432
- 0807046434
Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-271) and index.
Contents
- Introduction. Performing the city of sacrifice -- 1. City as symbol in Aztec thought : some clues from the Codex Mendoza -- 2. Templo Mayor : the Aztec vision of place -- 3. The new fire ceremony and the binding of the years : Tenochtitlan's fearful symmetry -- 4. The sacrifice of Tezcatlipoca : to change place -- 5. Give me some skin : the charisma of the Aztec warrior -- 6. Cosmic jaws : we eat the Gods and the Gods eat us -- 7. The sacrifice of women : the hearts of plants and makers of war games -- 8. When warriors became walls, when the mountain of water crumbled.
Subject
- Indians of Mexico Rites and ceremonies.
- Aztecs Rites and ceremonies.
- Human sacrifice Mexico.
- Human sacrifice Central America.
- Indiens d'Amérique Mexique Rites et cérémonies.
- Aztèques Rites et cérémonies.
- Sacrifice humain Mexique.
- Sacrifice humain Amérique centrale.
- 15.85 history of America.
- Aztecs Rites and ceremonies.
- Human sacrifice.
- Indians of Mexico Rites and ceremonies.
- Central America.
- Mexico.
- Azteken.
- Mensenoffers.
- Indians of Mexico Rites and ceremonies.
- Aztecs Rites and ceremonies.
- Human sacrifice Mexico.
- Human sacrifice Central America.
- Sacrifice humain Mexique.
- Aztèques Rites et cérémonies.
Related item
- Online version:: Carrasco, David. City of sacrifice. Boston : Beacon Press, ©1999
- Online version:: Carrasco, David. City of sacrifice. Boston : Beacon Press, ©1999
Genre
- Bibliography
- Illustrated
- text
Language
- English
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