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Building Yanhuitlan : art, politics, and religion in the Mixteca Alta since 1500 /

Through years of fieldwork in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, art historian and archaeologist Alessia Frassani formulated a compelling question. How did Mesoamerican society maintain its distinctive cultural heritage despite colonization by the Spanish? In Building Yanhuitlan, she focuses on an imposin...

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Main Author:	Frassani, Alessia, 1974- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Yanhuitlán (Mexico) > Social life and customs. Yanhuitlán (Mexico) > Politics and govenrment. Yanhuitlán (Mexico) > Religious life and customs. Dominican monasteries > Mexico > Yanhuitlán > History. Church buildings > Mexico > Yanhuitlán > History. Indians of Mexico > Yanhuitlán > History. Ethnicity > Mexico > Yanhuitlán > History. Arts and society > Mexico > Yanhuitlán > History. Yanhuitlán (Mexico) > Colonial influence. Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810. HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico. ART / History / General. ART / Caribbean & Latin American. ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious. RELIGION / Holidays / Easter & Lent. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.

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