Title Dancing the new world : Aztecs, Spaniards, and the choreography of conquest / by Paul A. Scolieri.

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Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.

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Edition	1st edition.
Description	1 online resource ((xii, 205 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- On the Areíto : Discovering dance in the New World -- Unfaithful imitation : Friar Toribio de Benavente "Motolinía" and the "Counterfeit" histories of dance -- The sacrifices of representation : Dance in the writings of Friar Bernardino de Sahagún -- Dances of death : The massacre at the Festival of Toxcatl -- The mystery of movement : Dancing in Colonial New Spain -- Conclusion.
Summary	Analyzing the extensive accounts of Aztec dance practices in colonial-era European chronicles, histories, letters, and travel books, this volume reveals the surprising and crucial role that dance played in the European conquest and colonization of the Americas.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language	English.
Subject	Aztec dance.
	Aztec dance.
	Indian dance -- Mexico.
	Indian dance.
	Mexico.
	Dance -- Anthropological aspects -- Mexico.
	Dance -- Anthropological aspects.
	Aztecs -- First contact with other peoples.
	Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
	HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
	Aztecs -- First contact with other peoples.
	PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Folk.
	Aztecs -- First contact with other peoples.
Chronological Term	1540-1810
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Scolieri, Paul A. Dancing the new world. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013 9780292744929 (DLC) 2012031508 (OCoLC)814389447
ISBN	9780292744936 (electronic book)
	0292744935 (electronic book)
	9780292744929
	0292744927
Sudoc No.	Z UA380.8 SCO44da

Title Dancing the new world : Aztecs, Spaniards, and the choreography of conquest / by Paul A. Scolieri.

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