gender, lifecycle and sacrifice in Aztec culture /
Caroline Dodds Pennock.
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2008.
xvi, 225 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm.
Early modern history : society and culture
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-218) and index.
Living with death -- Birth and blood -- Growing up -- Tying the knot -- Marriage and partnership -- Outside the norm -- Aging and mortality.
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Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an innovative study of the everyday life of the Aztecs.