Indigenous miracles : Nahua authority in colonial Mexico / Edward W. Osowski.

Author/creator Osowski, Edward W.
Format Book
Publication InfoTucson, Ariz. : University of Arizona Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxii, 260 pages : illustrations, photographs, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesFirst peoples
First peoples (2010) ^A1031032
Contents Introduction: from imperial wonders to indigenous miracles -- Ritual burials at origin places in Chalco -- Eighteenth-century remembrances of miracles of primordial authority -- Cracks in incorruptibility and the traveling alms collectors -- Gender and the spiritual tax collectors -- Corpus Christi arches and authority in Mexico City -- Triumphal arches and centurions in the indigenous-Spanish festival economy -- Conclusion: from indigenous miracles to miracles of the poor -- Appendix : Order of appearance of Corpus Christi arches, Mexico City, 1777-1780, from cathedral side door to front door.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [231]-253) and index.
LCCN 2010011938
ISBN9780816528554 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0816528551 (hbk. : alk. paper)