Cuauhtemoc's Bones by Paul Gillingham
In 1949, a group of villagers and ad hoc archaeologists dug up what they believed to be the remains of the last Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc, in a remote village in the mountains of central Mexico. State and local leaders enthusiastically promoted this remarkable discovery and nationalist celebrations erupted throughout the country. The festivities ended abruptly when professional Mexican archaeologists denied that the body was that of Cuauhtémoc, igniting what became the greatest scandal in the cultural politics of twentieth-century Mexico. Suddenly, Cuauhtémoc's bones were at the center of debates about the politics and mechanisms of Mexican national identity.
In this engaging study, Paul Gillingham uses the revelation of the forgery of Cuauhtémoc's tomb and the responses it evoked as a means of examining the set of ideas, beliefs, and dreams that bind societies to the nation-state.
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Malintzin's Choices
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Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico
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Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821
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Slaves, Subjects, and Subversives
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Independence in Spanish America
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Sons of the Mexican Revolution
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Mexico City, 1808
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Nuns Navigating the Spanish Empire
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Staging Frontiers
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A Woman, a Man, a Nation
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The Origins of Macho
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Mexico in the Time of Cholera
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Native Brazil
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Tides of Revolution
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From the Galleons to the Highlands
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A Troubled Marriage
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Raising an Empire
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The Faces of Honor
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780826350374 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826350372 |
| Title | Cuauhtemoc's Bones |
| Author | Paul Gillingham |
| Series | Dialogos Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
| Year published | 2011-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |