{"product_id":"mesoamerican-rituals-and-the-solar-cycle-new-perspectives-on-the-veintena-festivals-paperback","title":"Mesoamerican Rituals and the Solar Cycle: New Perspectives on the Veintena\" Festivals - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGabrielle Vail\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eÉlodie Dupey García\u003c\/b\u003e (Volume Editor), \u003cb\u003eElena Mazzetto\u003c\/b\u003e (Volume Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores a seminal topic concerning the Mesoamerican past: the religious festivals that took place during the eighteen periods of twenty days, or \u003ci\u003eveintenas\u003c\/i\u003e, into which the solar year was divided. Pre-Columbian societies celebrated these festivals through complex rituals, involving the priests and gods themselves, embodied in diverse beings and artifacts. Specific sectors of society also participated in the festivals, while city inhabitants usually attended public ceremonies. As a consequence, this ritual cycle played a significant role in Mesoamerican religious life; at the same time, it informs us about social relations in pre-Columbian societies. Both religious and social aspects of the solar cycle festivals are tackled in the twelve contributions in this book, which aims to address the entire \u003ci\u003eveintena \u003c\/i\u003esequence and as much of the territory and history of Mesoamerica as possible. Specifically, the book revisits long-standing discussions of the solar cycle festivals, but also explores these religious practices in original ways, in particular through investigating understudied rituals and offering new interpretations of rites that have previously been extensively analyzed. Other chapters consider the entire \u003ci\u003eveintena\u003c\/i\u003e sequence through the prism of specific topics, providing multiple though often complementary analyses. As a consequence, this book will attract the attention of scholars and graduate students with interests in Mesoamerica and early Latin America, as well as ethnohistory, cultural history, history of religions, art history, archaeology and anthropology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eÉlodie Dupey García\u003c\/strong\u003e is a tenured Professor and Researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She holds a PhD in History of Religions from the École Pratique des Hautes Études (France). She has received a fellowship in Pre-Columbian Studies from Dumbarton Oaks and a Scholar Grant from the Getty Research Institute. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eEstudios de Cultura Náhuatl \u003c\/i\u003eand the volume \u003ci\u003ePainting the Skin. Pigments on Bodies and Codices in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElena Mazzetto\u003c\/strong\u003e is Adjunct Lecturer at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), where she previously held a postdoctoral position. She also received a two-year postdoctoral grant from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and holds a PhD in History from the Universidad Ca'Foscari de Venecia (Italy) and the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (France). She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLieux de culte et parcours cérémoniels dans les fêtes des vingtaines à Mexico-Tenochtitlan\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 334\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42779856830560,"sku":"9781433175442","price":113.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/ejkXogz1eb9781433175442.webp?v=1780203187","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/mesoamerican-rituals-and-the-solar-cycle-new-perspectives-on-the-veintena-festivals-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}