Translation as conquest : Sahagún and Universal history of the things of New Spain / Victoria Ríos Castaño.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ríos Castaño, Victoria, author.

Series:

Parecos y australes ; 13.

Parecos y australes ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bernardino, de Sahagún, 1499-1590.

Bernardino.

Bernardino, de Sahagún, 1499-1590. Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España.

Franciscans--Mexico.

Franciscans.

Nahuatl language--Early works to 1800.

Nahuatl language.

Indians of Mexico--History--16th century.

Indians of Mexico.

Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Mexico.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 páginas)

Place of Publication:

Madrid ; Frankfurt am Main : Iberoamericana : Vervuert, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The title Translation as Conquest serves as a twofold metaphor that associates translation, conquest, and conversion and claims the role of Sahagún as the controlling mind of the translation process and as the editor of the cultural translation product.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Sahagún's Education and Franciscan Training in Spain

CHAPTER 2: Sahagún and the Spiritual Conquest of New Spain

CHAPTER 3: Sahagún's Intellectual Models for the Composition of Historia universal

CHAPTER 4: Inquisitorial Techniques as Sahagún's Method of Data Collection

CHAPTER 5: The Composition of Historia universal: Sahagún, the Respondents, and the Assistants

Conclusion

APPENDIX I: Contents of Historia universal

APPENDIX II Comparison of Contents

APPENDIX III Sahagún's Rearrangement of Contents

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Incluye índice.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-312) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-95487-190-4

OCLC:

1091711709