Religions of Mesoamerica : cosmovision and ceremonial centers

by David Carrasco

Paperback, 1990

Status

Available

Call number

299/.792

Collection

Publication

San Francisco : Harper & Row, c1990.

Description

The Second Edition of Religions of Mesoamerica comes at a turning point in the study of the Americas and the religious and cultural histories of the New World. To that end, esteemed scholar Davd? Carrasco integrates past and current research, developments, and excavations to vividly synthesize the history of Mesoamerican cultures--their religious forms, ceremonial centers, complex social structures, view of time and space, myths, and rituals. Carrasco's deep yet concise overview takes readers on an absorbing journey where they experience the dynamics and complexities of Aztec and Maya cultures, the Spanish conquest, and cultural combinations of European and indigenous ideas and practices. He skillfully demonstrates how the religious imagination was and continues to be crucial to the survival and creativity of Mesoamerica and its Chicano/a descendants.… (more)

Language

Physical description

xxvii, 174 p.; 20 cm

ISBN

0060613254 / 9780060613259

Local notes

Lacks index

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