Indigenous miracles : Nahua authority in colonial Mexico / Edward W. Osowski.
| Author/creator | Osowski, Edward W. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Tucson, Ariz. : University of Arizona Press, ©2010. |
| Description | xii, 260 pages : illustrations, photographs, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | First 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-253) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010011938 |
| ISBN | 9780816528554 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0816528551 (hbk. : alk. paper) |