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Aztecs on Stage: Religious Theater in Colonial Mexico Paperback – October 15, 2011

by Louise M. Burkhart (Translator), Barry D. Sell (Translator), Stafford Poole (Translator)
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Nahuatl drama, one of the most surprising results of the Catholic presence in colonial Mexico, merges medieval European religious theater with the language and performance traditions of the Aztec (Nahua) people of central Mexico. Franciscan missionaries, seeking effective tools for evangelization, fostered this new form of theater after observing the Nahuas’ enthusiasm for elaborate performances. The plays became a controversial component of native Christianity, allowing Nahua performers to present Christian discourse in ways that sometimes effected subtle changes in meaning. The Indians’ enthusiastic embrace of alphabetic writing enabled the use of scripts, but the genre was so unorthodox that Spanish censors prevented the plays’ publication. As a result, colonial Nahuatl drama survives only in scattered manuscripts, most of them anonymous, some of them passed down and recopied over generations.

Aztecs on Stage presents accessible English translations of six of these seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Nahuatl plays. All are based on European dramatic traditions, such as the morality and passion plays; indigenous actors played the roles of saints, angels, devils—and even the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Louise M. Burkhart’s engaging introduction places the plays in historical context, while stage directions and annotations in the works provide insight into the Nahuas’ production practices, which often incorporated elaborate sets, props, and special effects including fireworks and music. The translations facilitate classroom readings and performances while retaining significant artistic features of the Nahuatl originals.

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    University of Oklahoma Press
  4. Publication date
    October 15, 2011
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    6 x 0.58 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    080614209X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0806142098
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These plays, and the introductions to them, can be an unusually helpful tool in the classroom and enlightening to general readers. . . . Refreshing, lots of fun, and a unique insight into the colonial cultural environment.” —John F. Schwaller author of The History of the Catholic Church in Latin America: From Conquest to Revolution and Beyond

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Louise M. Burkhart is Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Albany, and co-editor and co-translator of Nahuatl Theater, the four-volume set of plays.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Oklahoma Press; First Edition (October 15, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080614209X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0806142098
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.58 x 9 inches
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4.0 out of 5 stars The plays are fun literature to read!
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I loved this book! The author provides just a few pages of commentary before each play, along with some useful footnotes on verbiage. The plays are all really interesting to read - I was religiously moved by some, and burst into laughter at others. Aside from being cool from a historical and cultural perspective, these are great literature with interesting Christian insights.
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