| Bonds of Blood: Gender, Lifecycle and Sacrifice in Aztec Culture Contributor(s): Loparo, Kenneth A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230003303 ISBN-13: 9780230003309 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the specter of human sacrifice. Attempting to reinvest the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life and existence, this book integrates an innovative interpretation of gender into an original study of the everyday life of the Aztecs. Despite living amongst violent bloodshed, the Aztecs were a compassionate and expressive people who lived and worked in cooperative gendered partnership. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Central America - History | Latin America - Mexico - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 972.01 |
| LCCN: 2008021574 |
| Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.90 lbs) 225 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an innovative study of the everyday life of the Aztecs. |