Text and Identity: An Analysis of Indigenous Literature and History

in the Colonial Era

Lauren CloseJeremy Ludemann

John McGovern

The Dynamic Function of Indigenous History and Writing

The Role of Text in Indian Self-Identity: The Codex Borbonicus

The Gods Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca

The Aztec ritual calendar, or Tonalamatl

The Oxomoco and Cipactonal, Human Ancestors

The Role of Text in Spanish Attempts to Make Sense of Native Culture:The Codex Telleriano-Remensis

Charles Marie Le Tellier

Tenochtitlan

The Cathedral of Cuernavaca

The Biblitheque Nationale de France, where the Codex now resides

The Role of Text in Spanish Efforts to Modify Colonial Society:The Florentine Codex and Bernardino de Sahagun

The Ruins of Tlatelolco

“The discovery and preservation of Aztec rhetoric was a result of the religious conquest of the New World which followed the military subjugation of the Mexicans.”

- Historian Don Paul Abbott

Tradition, Assimilation and the Shaping of Colonies

Bibliography:Alcock, Susan E. Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History. Cambridge University Press, 2001. A Picture of a Color Copy of the Codex Borbonicus, Mexico City., 2006. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Aztec_codex_replica.jpg. Burland, Cottie A. “Codex Borbonicus : Pages 21 & 22, A Critical Assessment.” Journal de la Societe des Americanistes, Tome 46 (1957): 157-163. Don Paul Abbott. “The Ancient Word: Rhetoric in Aztec Culture.” Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric 5, no. 3 (Summer 1987): 251-264. Gruzinski, Serge. Painting The Conquest: The Mexicans and the European Renaissance. Paris, Flammarion, 1992. Leon-Portilla, Miguel. The Aztec Image of Self and Society : An Introduction to Nahua Culture. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of, n.d. Marcus, Joyce. Mesoamerican Writing Systems: Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four AncientCivilizations. Princeton University Press, 1993. “Questions and Answers about an UNKNOWN ARTIST’S CODEX BORBONICUS”, Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University, http://mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/ChicanArte/html_pages/CodexIssOutl.html#artwork. Sahagun, Bernardino De, Arthur J. O. Anderson, and Charles E. Dibble. The Florentine Codex:General History of the Things of New Spain. University of Utah Press, 1982. Schwartz, Stuart. “Renaissance Conquerors.” In Victors and Vanquished. Boston, Mass.: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000. ———. “The Indigenous Historical Traditions.” In Victors and Vanquished. Boston, Mass.: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000.

Images (In Order):

Part 1:Illustration in "Descripcion historica y cronologica de las dos piedras que con ocasion del nuevo empedrado que se esta formado en la plaza principal de Mexico, se hallaron en ella el ano de 1790". http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Descripci%C3%B3n_hist%C3%B3rica_y_cronol%C3%B3gica_de_las_dos_piedras_que_con_ocasi%C3%B3n_del_nuevo_empedrado_que_se_est%C3%A1_formando_en_la_plaza_principal_de_M%C3%A9xico,_se_hallaron_en_ella_el_a%C3%B1o_de_1790-1b.jpg. Tlaxcala - Palacio de Gobierno. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tlaxcala_-_Palacio_de_Gobierno_-_Verhandlungen_Spanier_-_Tlaxcalteken_2.jpg.

Part2:All other images courtesy of ARTstor, found here: http://library.artstor.org/library/welcome.html#3|search|1|Codex20Borbonicus|Multiple20Collection20Search|||type3D3126kw3DCodex20Borbonicus26id3Dall26name3D

Part 3:A Picture of a Color Copy of the Codex Borbonicus, Mexico City., 2006. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Aztec_codex_replica.jpg.

A Picture of A Nahua Harvest Ritual Honoring the Corn Goddess., n.d. http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3kpeFNwfyI%3D&userId=hjZIeA%3D%3D&zoomparams=.

A Picture of Chalchiuhtlicue, the Nahua Goddess of Water., n.d. http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3kpeFNxfCU%3D&userId=hjZIeA%3D%3D&zoomparams=.

A Picture of Oxomoco and Cipactonal., n.d. http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3gue1x7eCU%3D&userId=hjZIeA%3D%3D&zoomparams=.

A Picture of Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca., n.d. http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3kpeFNxeCA%3D&userId=hjZIeA%3D%3D&zoomparams=.

A Picture of The New Fire Ceremony., n.d. http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3kpeFNwfi0%3D&userId=hjZIeA%3D%3D&zoomparams=.

Part 4:Bernardino de Sahagun. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Bernardino_de_sahagun.png. Templo Mayor, Tlatelolco. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nt-tlatelolco-templo-mayor.jpgTlatelolco. http://www.flickr.com/photos/29653764@N08/3617718126. Tlatelolco. http://www.flickr.com/photos/29653764@N08/3617718126. Aztec Feast. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aztec_feast_4.jpg. Pochtecas con su carga. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pochtecas_con_su_carga.JPG. Vanilla. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vanilla_florentine_codex.jpg. Aztec Warriors. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aztec_Warriors_(Florentine_Codex).jpg. Aztec Drums. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aztec_drums,_Florentine_Codex..jpg. Part 5:Aztec Dancer. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aztec_dancer_Mexico_City_performance.jpg

Renowned Grafitti 'Wall Of Glory' with Current Aztec Warrior, June 15, 2007. http://www.flickr.com/photos/puroticorico/558563923/.