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Bonds of Blood : Gender, Lifecycle and Sacrifice in Aztec Culture /

The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. 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 innova...

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Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Pennock, Caroline Dodds (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Series:	Early modern history (Palgrave (Firm))
Subjects:	History. Ancient History. Cultural History. History of the Americas. Latin American Culture. Social History. World History, Global and Transnational History. Civilization > History. Ethnology > Latin America. History, Ancient. Social history. World history. America > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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