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Drawing from the perspectives of the history of religions, anthropology, and urban ecology, this work explores the nature of the complex symbolic form of Quetzalcoatl in the organisation, legitimation, and subversion of a large segment of the Mexican urban tradition.

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; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Mosaics and Centers; 1; The Sources: From Storybook to Encylopedia; 2; Quetzalcoatl and the Foundation of Tollan; 3; Other Tollans; 4; The Return of Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire; 5; When Strangers Come to Town: The Return of Queztalcoatl and Millennial Discourse; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index;

Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire

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      Publisher: University Press of Colorado
      Publication Date: 2/15/2001 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780870815584, 978-0870815584
      ISBN10: 087081558X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Drawing from the perspectives of the history of religions, anthropology, and urban ecology, this work explores the nature of the complex symbolic form of Quetzalcoatl in the organisation, legitimation, and subversion of a large segment of the Mexican urban tradition.

      Table of Contents
      ; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Mosaics and Centers; 1; The Sources: From Storybook to Encylopedia; 2; Quetzalcoatl and the Foundation of Tollan; 3; Other Tollans; 4; The Return of Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire; 5; When Strangers Come to Town: The Return of Queztalcoatl and Millennial Discourse; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index;

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