Locking Eyes with the Sun: Perception, Landscape, and the Fame of Greenstone in a Sixteenth-Century Nahuatl Narrative
A narrative describing interactions between a human knower, sun, and precious stones enables a new interpretation of Nahua accounts of precious stones releasing vapors, while also providing greater insight into the nature of sensory experience in Nahua thought more generally.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Yale University
2021
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MAVCOR journal
Year: 2021, Volume: 5, Issue: 1 |
| Further subjects: | B
Precious stones
B Nahuas B Aztec B Indigenous B Narrative B Colonialism B Sensory Culture B Colonial Mexico B New Spain B Codex |
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| Summary: | A narrative describing interactions between a human knower, sun, and precious stones enables a new interpretation of Nahua accounts of precious stones releasing vapors, while also providing greater insight into the nature of sensory experience in Nahua thought more generally. |
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| ISSN: | 2475-2428 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: MAVCOR journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22332/mav.ess.2021.3 |