Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas
Areas of Interest
- University of Nebraska Press—indigenous language and literacy in North America
- University of Oklahoma Press—native languages and literacies of North America and Central America
- University of Texas Press—language and literacy in Mexico, South America, and Central America
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Image Encounters
Moche Murals and Archaeo Art History
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477324271
Pub Date: February 8th, 2022
Format: Paperback
344 Pages
The first comprehensive study of Moche mural art, this landmark book develops a methodology of archaeo art history to examine image-making and visual experience in an era of ancient Peruvian history before the use of writing.
Trail of Footprints
A History of Indigenous Maps from Viceregal Mexico
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477317525
Pub Date: July 12th, 2019
Format: Paperback
184 Pages
This study explores how postconquest Mexican indigenous communities used maps to defend prized lands, to create a visual and social history of life before the Spanish, and to record knowledge of pre-Columbian plants.
Portraying the Aztec Past
The Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477316078
Pub Date: December 12th, 2018
Format: Paperback
208 Pages
Offering the first extended comparison of three closely related painted manuscripts from colonial Mexico, this book reveals how differences in their materials and composition show the evolution of the native pictorial tradition.
The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477308325
Pub Date: June 28th, 2016
Format: Paperback
278 Pages
Drawing on a wealth of previously neglected data to fully describe all aspects of phonology, morphology, and syntax as well as historical development, this is the most comprehensive reference book published to date on southeastern Guatemala’s four nearly
Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between
Murals of the Colonial Andes
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781477309551
Pub Date: May 24th, 2016
Format: Paperback
304 Pages
This first comprehensive English-language study of the church-wall paintings created in Peru’s Cuzco region from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries unveils the complex intersections of religious artists, indigenous congregants, and colon
Songs that Make the Road Dance
Courtship and Fertility Music of the Tz'utujil Maya
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781477305386
Pub Date: August 1st, 2015
Format: Paperback
272 Pages
This major collection of courting and fertility songs documents a nearly lost element of highland Maya ritual life, revealing significant remnants of the ancient Maya belief system in songs that date back to the early colonial era.
At Home with the Sapa Inca
Architecture, Space, and Legacy at Chinchero
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477302507
Pub Date: July 1st, 2015
Format: Paperback
304 Pages
This major architectural survey and analysis of the Inca royal estate at Chinchero significantly increases our understanding of how the Inca conceived, constructed, and gave meaning to their built environment.
The Relación de Michoacán (1539-1541) and the Politics of Representation in Colonial Mexico
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477302392
Pub Date: July 1st, 2015
Format: Paperback
300 Pages
Through close readings of the painted images in a major sixteenth-century illustrated manuscript, this book demonstrates the critical role that images played in ethnic identity formation and politics in colonial Mexico.
On the Lips of Others
Moteuczoma's Fame in Aztec Monuments and Rituals
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477307243
Pub Date: June 1st, 2015
Format: Paperback
216 Pages
Examining how the name and portrait of Moteuczoma II were represented in Aztec monuments and colonial manuscripts, this richly interdisciplinary study illuminates the creation of fame and the politics of personhood and portraiture in the Aztec and colonia
The Fate of Earthly Things
Aztec Gods and God-Bodies
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477309865
Pub Date: January 30th, 2015
Format: Paperback
304 Pages
This sophisticated, interdisciplinary study analyzes foundational concepts of deities and deity embodiments in Aztec religion to shed new light on the Aztec understanding of how spiritual beings take on form and agency in the material world.
Image Encounters
Moche Murals and Archaeo Art History
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477324271
Pub Date: February 8th, 2022
Format: Paperback
344 Pages
Trail of Footprints
A History of Indigenous Maps from Viceregal Mexico
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477317525
Pub Date: July 12th, 2019
Format: Paperback
184 Pages
Portraying the Aztec Past
The Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477316078
Pub Date: December 12th, 2018
Format: Paperback
208 Pages
The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477308325
Pub Date: June 28th, 2016
Format: Paperback
278 Pages
Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between
Murals of the Colonial Andes
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781477309551
Pub Date: May 24th, 2016
Format: Paperback
304 Pages
Songs that Make the Road Dance
Courtship and Fertility Music of the Tz'utujil Maya
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781477305386
Pub Date: August 1st, 2015
Format: Paperback
272 Pages
At Home with the Sapa Inca
Architecture, Space, and Legacy at Chinchero
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477302507
Pub Date: July 1st, 2015
Format: Paperback
304 Pages
The Relación de Michoacán (1539-1541) and the Politics of Representation in Colonial Mexico
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477302392
Pub Date: July 1st, 2015
Format: Paperback
300 Pages
On the Lips of Others
Moteuczoma's Fame in Aztec Monuments and Rituals
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477307243
Pub Date: June 1st, 2015
Format: Paperback
216 Pages
The Fate of Earthly Things
Aztec Gods and God-Bodies
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477309865
Pub Date: January 30th, 2015
Format: Paperback
304 Pages