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Osvaldo F. Pardo - Honor and Personhood in Early Modern Mexico - 9780472119622 - V9780472119622
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Honor and Personhood in Early Modern Mexico

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Description for Honor and Personhood in Early Modern Mexico Hardcover. Examines the early dissemination of European views on law and justice among Mexico's native peoples. Drawing on a rich range of documents, Pardo finds that honour, as well as related notions such as reputation, came to play a central role in shaping the lives and social relations of colonists and indigenous Mexicans alike. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.

Osvaldo F. Pardo examines the early dissemination of European views on law and justice among Mexico’s native peoples. Newly arrived from Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, mendicant friars brought not only their faith in the authority of the Catholic Church but also their reverence of the monarchy. Drawing on a rich range of documents dating from this era—including secular and ecclesiastical legislation, legal and religious treatises, bilingual catechisms, grammars on indigenous languages, historical accounts, and official reports and correspondence—Pardo finds that honor, as well as related notions such as reputation, came to play a central role in shaping ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472119622
SKU
V9780472119622
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About Osvaldo F. Pardo
Osvaldo Pardo is Associate Professor of Spanish at the Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages of the University of Connecticut. He is the author of The Origins of Mexican Catholicism: Nahua Rituals and Christian Sacraments in Sixteenth-Century Mexico (University of Michigan Press, 2006).

Reviews for Honor and Personhood in Early Modern Mexico
“The author shows the polyphonic nature of the notion of persona by devoting chapters on material possessions, restitution, honor, and punishment as conceived and discussed by the missionaries. In doing so, the author opens a fascinating window into the tense and complicated relationship between religious conversion, cultural mediation, and political authority in early colonial Mexico.” —Javier Villa-Flores, University of ... Read more

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