The two Taríacuris and the early colonial and prehispanic past of Michoacán / David L. Haskell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haskell, David L. (David Louis), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relación de Michoacán--Criticism, Textual.

Relación de Michoacán.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo--History--Sources.

Indians of Mexico.

Purépecha Indians--History--Sources.

Purépecha Indians.

Purépecha Indians--Social life and customs.

History.

Criticism, Textual.

Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico)--History--Sources.

Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico).

History--Sources.

Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xiii, 263 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2018]

Summary:

"Investigates how elites of the Tarascan kingdom of Central Mexico sought to influence interactions with Spanish colonialism by reworking the past. Examines the rhetorical power of the Relación de Michoacán--by Franciscan friar Jerónimo de Alcalá and explaining the structure of the narrative, not just its content"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: the two Taríacuris

The Tarascan kingdom and its prehispanic past in Mesoamerican context

The methodological and theoretical background to the analysis of the Priest's Speech: historicity and narrative structure

Analysis of the Priest's Speech in the Relación de Michoacán

Tarascan historicity in and through the priest's speech in the Relación de Michoacán

Tarascan historicity in its Mesoamerican context: myth, history, historicity, and understnading the prehispanic past.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references [pages 227-254] and index.

ISBN:

9781607327486

1607327481

OCLC:

1013524756