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Malintzin´s Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico
Camilla Townsend
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Paperback. Malintzin was the indigenous woman who translated for Hernando Cortes in his dealings with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma in the days of 1519 to 1521. This study of Malintzin's life rejects the myths and tries to restore dignity to the profoundly human men and women who lived and died in those days. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 512.
Malintzin was the indigenous woman who translated for Hernando Cortes in his dealings with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma in the days of 1519 to 1521. 'Malintzin', at least, was what the Indians called her. The Spanish called her dona Marina, and she has become known to posterity as La Malinche. As Malinche, she has long been regarded as a traitor to her people, a dangerously sexy, scheming woman who gave Cortes whatever he wanted out of her own self-interest. The life of the real woman, however, was much more complicated. She was sold into slavery as a child, and eventually ... Read more
Malintzin was the indigenous woman who translated for Hernando Cortes in his dealings with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma in the days of 1519 to 1521. 'Malintzin', at least, was what the Indians called her. The Spanish called her dona Marina, and she has become known to posterity as La Malinche. As Malinche, she has long been regarded as a traitor to her people, a dangerously sexy, scheming woman who gave Cortes whatever he wanted out of her own self-interest. The life of the real woman, however, was much more complicated. She was sold into slavery as a child, and eventually ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Dialogos
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826334053
SKU
V9780826334053
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About Camilla Townsend
Camilla Townsend is associate professor of history at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She is the author of Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma and Tales of Two Cities.
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