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Quetzalcoatl and the irony of empire : myths and prophecies in the Aztec tradition / Davíd Carrasco.

Title
Quetzalcoatl and the irony of empire : myths and prophecies in the Aztec tradition / Davíd Carrasco.
Author
Carrasco, Davíd
Publication
Boulder : University Press of Colorado, c2000.

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Description
xviii, 280 p. : ill., 1 map; 23 cm.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Quetzalcoatl (Mesoamerican deity)
  • Aztec mythology
  • Urban Aztecs
  • Sacred space > Mexico
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface to the revised edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : mosaics and centers -- Sources : from storybook to encyclopedia -- Quetzalcoatl and the foundation of Tollan -- Other Tollans -- Return of Quetzalcoatl and the irony of empire -- When strangers come to town : the return of Quetzalcoatl and millennial discourse.
ISBN
087081558X (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^00048008^
OCLC
  • 45068547
  • SCSB-11238083
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library