Beyond Cortés and Montezuma : The Conquest of Mexico Revisited

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vitus Huber

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nahuas--Mexico--History.

Nahuas.

Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Historiography.

Mexico.

Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Sources.

Place of Publication:

University Press of Colorado 2025

Summary:

Beyond Cortés and Montezuma examines both European and Nahuatl texts and images that shed light on the complex narrative of contactand the ensuing conflict, negotiation, and cooperation that continued well after the colonial period.Adiverse group of scholars from Europe, Mexico, and the US with varied methodological backgrounds-linguistics, history, art history, and cultural studies-query the "conquest, "or rather conquista, of Mexicothrough a series of case studies that interrogate how historians, especially in Europe, Mexico, and the US, understand and interact with this concept. Theyconsider the language used to encapsulate the event in Nahuatl documents from the colonial period, how the Spanish veterans led the transition to settlement in taking land for themselves, and the legacy of the conquista in discrimination against Tlaxcallans in modern Mexico. Beyond Cortés and Montezuma is a compilation of nuanced reflections on the language, narratives, and memories of the conquista that balances the crimes of Spanish colonialism and asymmetries of power that existed within early New Spain with the abilities of Native peoples to resist, negotiate, and survive.

Contents:

Language of "conquest" in colonial Nahuatl manuscripts / Stephanie Wood

"Perpetuating lands" : the crucial transition from war to colonial settlement in the Conquista of Mexico / Vitus Huber

The Conquista of Mexico today : hyperactive memory, national identity, and symbolic violence / Justyna Olko

The last journey of Cuauhtemoc : models for the Anales de Tlatelolco's version of Cuauhtemoc's death / Julia Madajczak

Zacar̕as de Santiago : a Tlaxcalteca conquistador in the evolution of Nahua historical memories / Robert Haskett

How to read native accounts of the Conquista of Mexico / Mar̕a Castąeda de la Paz

Moteuczoma's surrender of power : a critical proposal / Miguel Pastrana Flores

The forty teteuctin : Nahua bodies in the Mediterranean / Erika Escutia

Beyond Malinche : other native women in the Conquista / Lori Boornazian Diel

Between victor and vanquished : the metamorphosis of Moteuczoma in a painted biombo / Patrick Hajovsky.

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ISBN:

9781646426669

1646426665