TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kauffmann,Leisa
TI  - The legacy of rulership in Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Historia de la nación chichimeca
SN  - 9780826360380
AV  - F1219.73.A47 K38 2019
U1  - 972/.02092 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Albuquerque
PB  - University of New Mexico Press
KW  - Alva Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando de,
KW  - Nezahualcóyotl,
KW  - Historia chichimeca (Alva Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando de)
KW  - fast
KW  - Aztecs
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Nahuas
KW  - Chichimecs
KW  - Aztèques
KW  - Rois et souverains
KW  - Historiographie
KW  - Christianisme et politique
KW  - Mexique
KW  - Nahua (Indiens)
KW  - Chichimèques
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Latin America
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; From Tlatoque to Caciques : Nahua-Christian rulership in deed and word -- Constructing the Nahua-Christian universal history : rulers, emplotment, and chronotope -- Nezahualcoyotl as Tezcatlipoca : Alva Ixtlilxochitl's colonial Mexican trickster tale -- Nezahualcoyotl as Christian prince : crisis, tribute, and the rhetoric of exemplarity -- Conclusion: Rulers, rhetors, tricksters, and the composition of history
N2  - "In this book Leisa A. Kauffmann takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the writings of one of Mexico's early chroniclers, Fernando de Alva Ixtilxochitl, a bilingual seventeenth-century historian from Central Mexico. His writing, especially his portrayal of the great pre-Hispanic poet-king Nezahualcoyotl, influenced other canonical histories of Mexico and is still influential today. Many scholars who discuss Alva Ixtlilxochitl's writing focus on his personal and literary investment in the European classical tradition, but Kauffmann argues that his work needs to be read through the lens of Nahua cultural concepts and literary-historical precepts. She suggests that he is best understood in light of his ancestral ties to Tetzcoco's rulers and as a historian who worked within both Native and European traditions. By paying attention to his representation of rulership, Kauffmann demonstrates how the literary and symbolic worlds of the Nahua exist in allegorical but still discernible subtexts within the larger Spanish context of his writing"--
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