Las figuras cómicas del mono y de los portadores de pintura corporal negra entre los nahuas prehispánicos y su transformación en la época colonial

The article aims to study the phenomena of humor and laughter in pre-Hispanic Nahua culture, focusing on two burlesque figures: the monkey and the beings with black body painting. It analyzes their function and their links with the laughable in sacred narratives and in the performative manifestation...

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Main Author: Agnieszka Brylak
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Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2024-09-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/23025
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description The article aims to study the phenomena of humor and laughter in pre-Hispanic Nahua culture, focusing on two burlesque figures: the monkey and the beings with black body painting. It analyzes their function and their links with the laughable in sacred narratives and in the performative manifestations of the culture, such as religious festivals and public performances. Due to the presence of the same types—the ape and the black or devil—in medieval and Renaissance popular and carnivalesque culture, part of this study will briefly mention the transformation of pre-Hispanic jesters and their fusion with their European counterparts that occurred in colonial times in New Spain.
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Las figuras cómicas del mono y de los portadores de pintura corporal negra entre los nahuas prehispánicos y su transformación en la época colonial
Journal de la Société des Américanistes
Nahuas
monkey
Mexico
black body painting
devil
laughter
title Las figuras cómicas del mono y de los portadores de pintura corporal negra entre los nahuas prehispánicos y su transformación en la época colonial
title_full Las figuras cómicas del mono y de los portadores de pintura corporal negra entre los nahuas prehispánicos y su transformación en la época colonial
title_fullStr Las figuras cómicas del mono y de los portadores de pintura corporal negra entre los nahuas prehispánicos y su transformación en la época colonial
title_full_unstemmed Las figuras cómicas del mono y de los portadores de pintura corporal negra entre los nahuas prehispánicos y su transformación en la época colonial
title_short Las figuras cómicas del mono y de los portadores de pintura corporal negra entre los nahuas prehispánicos y su transformación en la época colonial
title_sort las figuras comicas del mono y de los portadores de pintura corporal negra entre los nahuas prehispanicos y su transformacion en la epoca colonial
topic Nahuas
monkey
Mexico
black body painting
devil
laughter
url https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/23025
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