The agents in mixtec pre-hispanic and colonial stories

• Grant number: 14/09751-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2015
• End date: February 28, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of America
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Natalino dos Santos
• Grantee: Ana Cristina de Vasconcelos Lima
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/13492-4 - Internships project of research in México:"The agents in the mixtec prehispanic and colonial stories", BE.EP.MS

Abstract

This research aims to comprehend the notion of historical agency for the mixtec elites in the late pre-hispanic and early colonial period. To achieve this objective, the agents and their political actions will be analyzed in four mixtec codices: Bodley, Selden, Vindobonensis and Zouche Nuttall, pictoglyphic manuscripts produced at behest of mixtec indigenous elites. The understanding of the notion of agency, by means of properly indigenous and mixtec sources, is crucial for the understanding of what would be the conceptions of history and political power to these elites, since the production of the narratives in the codices was closely linked to the influence and justification of political domain of these indigenous elites. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

LIMA, Ana Cristina de Vasconcelos. The agents in the mixtec pre-Hispanic and colonial histories. 2017. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.