Sökning: "Aztec"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade ordet Aztec.

  1. 1. Sätt på dig din gyllene mantel : En studie av Xipe Totecs roll i det aztekiska samhället

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Nils Westerholm Persson; [2020]
    Nyckelord :agriculture; mesoamerica; aztec; mythology; human sacrifice; jordbruk; mesoamerika; azteker; mytologi; människooffer;

    Sammanfattning : Xipe Totec is an Aztec god often associated with agriculture and fertility. It is a deity type that is common in ancient societies dependent on agriculture but what sets him apart is his link to a rather brutal set of rituals. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Två spanska kulturmöten : Spanjorers möte med azteker och ursprungsbefolkningar på Filippinerna

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Hazzel Hesslind; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Cultural encounter; Aztec; Philippines;

    Sammanfattning : In this essay you will witness two different cultural exchanges that the Spaniards experienced in the 16th century, on one hand with the Aztec people from Mexico, and on the other hand with multiple peoples from the Philippines. The purpose of this essay is to find out how the Spaniards responded to facing these cultures for the very first time, and also to explore what the differences between these two exchanges were, and to find out why one led to the slaughter of so many human beings, and the other one did not. LÄS MER

  4. 3. De dioses y hombres: La negación de la cultura precolombina de México en “Coatlicue” de Elena Poniatowska y “Chac Mool” de Carlos Fuentes

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Spanska; Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap

    Författare :Ana Louise Moreira Hagvall; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Carlos Fuentes; Chac Mool ; chacmool; Coatlicue ; Elena Poniatowska; Aztec; the Fantastic; lo fantástico; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : The following study compares Carlos Fuentes’ “Chac Mool” (1954) with Elena Poniatowska’s “Coatlicue” (2003). Both literary works are short stories that belong to a literary genre known as the Fantastic, which is, in turn, a genre in which a reader will be met with a credible setting, not too different from their own, but in which various supernatural elements manifest themselves and disturb the stability and perception of the reader’s and/or the character’s reality. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Between Chinampas : Recovering the prehispanic urban structure towards a sustainable megacity in the Tláhuac borough.

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Stadsbyggnad

    Författare :Carolina Crespo Uribe; [2012]
    Nyckelord :chinampas; sustainable design; megacity; landscape urbanism; Mexico City;

    Sammanfattning : The area that once were “The Great Tenochtitlán”, the aztec city surrounded by five lakes, greenery and impressive sustainable systems for housing and agriculture has turned out to be a megacity growing uncontrollably, leaving a negative environmental and social impact within. Over the last 60 years the population has increased from 5.2 to 8. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Occupational terms in The Daily Aztec & The San Diego Union Tribune : Non sexist vs. sexist language

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för humaniora

    Författare :Anna Ericsson; [2008]
    Nyckelord :sexist language; feminist; affixation; gender-neutral language; occupational terms;

    Sammanfattning : Abstract In English usages such as mankind and job titles ending in -man (fireman, chairman) when referring to people in general are considered sexist. Sexist language makes a distinction between women and men and it can exclude, trivialize or diminish women. LÄS MER