The life within : local Indigenous society in Mexico's Toluca Valley, 1650-1800 / Caterina Pizzigoni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pizzigoni, Caterina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Toluca Valley--Social life and customs--17th century.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Toluca Valley--Social life and customs--18th century.

Ethnohistory--Mexico--Toluca Valley.

Ethnohistory.

Toluca Valley (Mexico)--Social life and customs--17th century.

Toluca Valley (Mexico).

Toluca Valley (Mexico)--Social life and customs--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The Life Within provides a social and cultural history of the indigenous people of a region of central Mexico in the later colonial period-as told through documents in Nahuatl and Spanish. It views the indigenous world from the inside out, focusing first on the household-buildings, lots, household saints-and expanding outward toward the householders and the greater community. The internal focus of this book provides a comprehensive picture of indigenous society, exploring the categories by which people are identified, their interactions, their activities, and the aspects of the loc

Contents:

House, lot, and saints

Distant land

The people

Identities

Interactions

Activities

Religion and the community

Local officials in context.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804784993

080478499X

OCLC:

818817381