Daily Life of the Aztecs by Scott Sessions (English) Hardcover Book

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Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions.

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Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions.Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as well as new discoveries in archaeology, pictorial manuscripts, and ritual practices, Daily Life of the Aztecs, Second Edition weaves together a narrative describing life from the bottom of the Aztec social pyramid to its top. This new and surprising interpretation of the Aztecs puts a human face on an ancient people who created beautiful art and architecture, wrote beautiful poetry, and loved their children profoundly, while also making war and human sacrifice fundamental parts of their world.The book describes the interaction between the material and the imaginative worlds of the Aztecs, offering insights into their communities, games, education, foodways, and arts, as well as the sacrificial rituals they performed. The authors also detail the evolution of the Aztec state and explores the continuity and changes in Aztec symbols, myths, and ritual practices into the present day.

Author Biography

Davíd Carrasco is a Mexican-American historian of religions whose work on Aztec cosmology, cities, and ritual has forged new directions in the study of Mesoamerican cultures.Scott Sessions is managing editor of the African-American Religion Documentary History Project and visiting lecturer in the religion department at Amherst College, Amherst, MA.

Table of Contents

PrefaceChronology of Central Mexico1. Cemanahuac: The Land Surrounded by Water2. The Worldview of Balance: The Cosmic Tree and the Four Quarters3. Mountains of Water: Tenochtitlan and Aztec Communities4. Education and the Aztec Life Cycle: From Birth to Death and Beyond5. The Social Pyramid: Maintaining Your Place and the World6. Aztec Aesthetics: Flowers and Songs7. Where the Jaguars Roar: Aztec Human Sacrifice as Debt Payment8. The Two Tongues: The Aztecs Encounter the Europeans9. The Long Event of Aztec CultureGlossarySelected BibliographyIndex

Review

These comprehensive works combine accessibility with impeccable research and scholarship. Aztecs has been updated from its first edition (Greenwood, 1998) with a cleaner design and recent research. * School Library Journal *

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Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions.

Long Description

Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as well as new discoveries in archaeology, pictorial manuscripts, and ritual practices, Daily Life of the Aztecs, Second Edition weaves together a narrative describing life from the bottom of the Aztec social pyramid to its top. This new and surprising interpretation of the Aztecs puts a human face on an ancient people who created beautiful art and architecture, wrote beautiful poetry, and loved their children profoundly, while also making war and human sacrifice fundamental parts of their world. The book describes the interaction between the material and the imaginative worlds of the Aztecs, offering insights into their communities, games, education, foodways, and arts, as well as the sacrificial rituals they performed. The authors also detail the evolution of the Aztec state and explores the continuity and changes in Aztec symbols, myths, and ritual practices into the present day.

Review Quote

"These comprehensive works combine accessibility with impeccable research and scholarship. AztecS≪/i> has been updated from its first edition (Greenwood, 1998) with a cleaner design and recent research." - School Library Journal

Promotional "Headline"

The Aztecs were an amazingly advanced culture, creating beautiful art and architecture, a calendar, and a rich mythology. They were also a culture that practiced ritual human sacrifice to rejuvenate their plants and ensure the continued cycles of the stars, the moon, and the sun. How does one reconcile these seemingly disparate forces?

Description for Reader

* Offers the clearest and most insightful description available of daily life in the most powerful pre-Hispanic, Native American empire * Contains new information about the indigenous backgrounds of all the Americas, but especially Mexican and other Latino immigrants who are remaking the United States * Addresses the profound puzzle of humans simultaneously acting in both tender and violent ways towards each other

Details ISBN0313377448 Author Davíd Carrasco Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0313377448 ISBN-13 9780313377440 Media Book Format Hardcover Imprint Greenwood Press Place of Publication Westport Country of Publication United States DEWEY 972.018 Replaces 9780313295584 Short Title DAILY LIFE OF THE AZTECS 2/E Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-07-06 UK Release Date 2011-07-06 AU Release Date 2011-07-06 NZ Release Date 2011-07-06 US Release Date 2011-07-06 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Audience General Pages 304 Audience Age 7-17 Edition Description 2nd edition Series The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series Illustrations 71 bw illus We've got this

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