LAS200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Tepeyac, Transculturation, Unequal Exchange
13 Dec 2017
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Amazon regions, altiplanos of the andean region, people who didn"t come into contact with the. Texas, encountered spaniards. (naufragios: passed himself off as a shaman, the broken spears by miguel leon portilla. Ideas such as religious syncretism" = one religion dominating another effect of cultural hybridity. Heterogeneity (many different origins): ethnic groups coming together: cultural production: music, literature, film, dance. Juan diego was made as a helper to the local priest. Conquest of mexico was happening in 1519 (and survivef) Not a traitor, he was adapting to the new environment. He didn"t run off to the hills as many people did at the time. Tepeyac (a little hill outside the original centre of mexico city, a place of religious rites of the mexica) they celebrated a deity that they continued to adore and conduct ceremonies (secretly, under the spanish government). Virgin appears to him: take the roses!
