``IDOLATROUS'' CHANTS IN NEW SPAIN: QUESTIONS OF EPISTEMOLOGY AND TRANSLATION. THE CASE OF THE CANTARES MEXICANOS
Por:
Lelis, Sara, Maynez, Pilar
Publicada:
1 ene 2022
Resumen:
This paper reflects on the concept of ``idolatry'', an
epistemolo-gical category with which Spanish missionaries in New Spain
interpreted the chants in Mexican language that were part of the oral
tradition in Mesoamerica. The said interpretation falls within the scope
of cultural translation, resulting from the structuring of the culture
of the others un-der modalities of knowledge associated with the domain.
In this context, stands out the evangelizing project of the friar
Bernardino de Sahagun, probable supervisor and underwriter of the
Cantares mexicanos, a ma-nuscript composed of chants in the called
Classical Nahuatl whose text preserves the predominant culture and the
interpolations corresponding to its interaction with the West. These
occurred in Spanish, but also in Clas-sical Nahuatl, which reflects the
complex epistemic and translation work that involved the creation of
neologisms to introduce Christian notions in the Nahua culture.
Filiaciones:
Lelis, Sara:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, FES Acatlan, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Maynez, Pilar:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, FES Acatlan, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
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