The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City by Barbara E Mundy
Presenting a radically new interpretation that reorients Spanish-centric historiography and recognizes indigenous agency, this visually compelling book maps the continuities between Aztec Tenochtitlan and sixteenth-century Mexico City.
Masterful…This is a rich work that is filled with insights and significant conclusionsQuite simply, it is a tour de force. (Ethnohistory) With a cartographer's sensibilities and a streetwise art historian’s presence of mind, Mundy (Fordham Univ.) has produced a formidable reimagining of the Indigenous landscapes that underpin the growth of the largest metropolis in the American hemisphere. (Choice) Deeply researched, insightfully conceptualized and argued, and written in an engaging style...a book of particular importance. (caa.reviews) [T]his book is exceptional, poised to make an immediate and permanent impact on the discipline of art history and beyond. The carefully argued, eloquently written, and beautifully illustrated text was well worth the wait. . . . Mundy's monograph exhibits the process of academic maturation in the very best light; she presents herself as a scholar whose sound early work provides a firm foundation for her own midcareer fluorescence, much like the renewal of Mexico City itself. (Art Bulletin) [A] highly engaging book that crosses disciplinary boundaries. (Early American Literature) This richly illustrated book deserves to be on the shelf of everyone interested in Mesoamerica, Spanish colonial history, and city planning...This tome transcends disciplines like no other, combining maps, photographs, and exquisite reproductions of codices and other colonial documents into an enlightening and insightful package. (SMRC Revista) [Mundy's] methods are refreshingly graphic and accessible to the reader. A visual delight, this book's ample use of high-quality illustrations allows the audience to reference the same manuscripts and maps consulted for study, as well as the specific visual and textual clues upon which Mundy builds her arguments. (Urban Island Studies) Mundy's meticulously argued and lavishly illustrated book is a much-needed and innovative contribution to research on pre-Hispanic and early modern MÉxico-Tenochtitlan. (Sixteenth Century Journal) Mundy contributes to knowledge about the history of a sixteenth-century city, but she also presents refined, close readings of some of the most canonical visual images from early colonial Mexico. (The Historian) Mundy's book does more than any other single study to put to rest not only the trope of the destruction of Tenochtitlan but also any disparagement of native inhabitants' contributions to the emergence of Mexico City…The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City makes an indisputable case for the presence and impact of native actors in the creation and management of the Viceroyalty of New Spain's capital. (Hispanic American Historical Review)
Barbara E. Mundy is Professor of Art History at Fordham University. She coedited Painting a Map of Sixteenth-Century Mexico City: Land, Writing and Native Rule with Mary Miller, and, with Dana Leibsohn, is the author of a pioneering digital work, Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520–1820. Her first book, The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones GeogrÁficas, won the Nebenzahl Prize in the History of Cartography.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781477317136 |
| ISBN 10 | 1477317139 |
| Title | The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City |
| Author | Barbara E Mundy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Texas Press |
| Year published | 2018-03-22 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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