Parution : The legacy of rulership in Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s Historia de la nación chichimeca

The legacy of rulership in Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s Historia de la nación chichimeca

Créateur

  • Kauffmann, Leisa A. (1969-). Auteur

Leisa A. Kauffmann is an associate professor of classical and modern languages, literatures, and cultures at Wayne State University.

Résumé de l’éditeur

In this book Leisa A. Kauffmann takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the writings of one of Mexico’s early chroniclers, Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl, a bilingual seventeenth-century historian from Central Mexico. His writing, especially his portrayal of the great pre-Hispanic poet-king Nezahualcoyotl, influenced other canonical histories of Mexico and is still influential today.

Many scholars who discuss Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s writing focus on his personal and literary investment in the European classical tradition, but Kauffmann argues that his work needs to be read through the lens of Nahua cultural concepts and literary-historical precepts. She suggests that he is best understood in light of his ancestral ties to Tetzcoco’s rulers and as a historian who worked within both Native and European traditions. By paying attention to his representation of rulership, Kauffmann demonstrates how the literary and symbolic worlds of the Nahua exist in allegorical but still discernible subtexts within the larger Spanish context of his writing.

Sommaire

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. From Tlatoque to Caciques: Nahua-Christian Rulership in Deed and Word
  • Chapter Two. Constructing the Nahua-Christian Universal History: Rulers, Emplotment, and Chronotope
  • Chapter Three. Nezahualcoyotl as Tezcatlipoca: Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s Colonial Mexican Trickster Tale
  • Chapter Four. Nezahualcoyotl as Christian Prince: Crisis, Tribute, and the Rhetoric of Exemplarity
  • Conclusion. Rulers, Rhetors, Tricksters, and the Composition of History
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

Informations pratiques

  • Éditeur : Albuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press
  • Date de parution : 2019
  • Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-282 p.) : ill., fac-sim., couv. ill. ; 24 cm
  • Notes : La ressource est également disponible en version électronique
  • Notes bibliogr. en bas de page. Bibliogr. p. 257-270. Index
  • ISBN 978-0-8263-6037-3 (rel.). – EAN 9780826360373

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Olivier Jacquot

Responsable de la coordination de la recherche > Délégation à la Stratégie et à la recherche > Bibliothèque nationale de France

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