The First American Valentine
Nahua Courtship and Other Aspects of Family Structuring in Mesoamerica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Schroeder (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 341-354 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/036319909802300401 |
| OpenAlex | W2071579094 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
By juxtaposing Classic European and Mesoamerican mythohistories about court ship and family beginnings, it is possible to perceive how, at the same time, the Nahua (Aztec) "family" might be construed as a paradigm for empire. However, the Nahuatl language lacks a term for family, and therefore Western applications of the concept simply have no place in Nahua America. Instead, indigenous sociopolitical institutions must be appreciated in their own right. Thus, by exam ining the ancient histories by the Nahuas themselves, we discern how desire, gender complementarity, marriage, fertility, and children as aspects of household are also critical functions of Aztec religion and state
Ancient history · Archaeology · Empire · Ethnology · Genealogy · Indigenous · Kinship · Maya · Mesoamerica · Nahuatl · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropology · Archaeology and Natural History · Gender Studies · History · Latin American history and culture
The Riches of Twilight (Circa 1600)
Forging Friendship with Franciscans (1560s–1580s)
The Texts in Nahuatl
Becoming Conquered (The 1560s)
Renaissance in the East (The Seventeenth Century)
Old Stories in New Letters (1520s–1550s)
Epilogue
Conclusion
Making Law Intelligible
Cristóbal Choquecasa and the Making of the Huarochirí Manuscript
Indigenous Intellectuals in Andean Colonial Cities
Indigenous Genealogies
“What in the World Have You Done To Me, My Lover?” Sex, Servitude, and Politics among the Pre-Conquest Nahuas as seen in the Cantares Mexicanos
Between the Glosses
Annals of Native America
Making Indigenous Archives
Classic Maya deity concurrence
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,85 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |