Cosmogonic-Religious Texts of the Nahua, Mixtec and Spanish Civilizations: Unstable Narratives as Symbolic Referents within Socializing Systems of Communication

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Cecilia Brain

Abstract

In the Spain of the 16th Century, cosmogonic-religious narratives were physically maintained using the alphabetic system. Conversely, the Nahuas and Mixtecs of Mesoamerica kept their narratives using a pictographic system. This article will approach the issue of writing technologies from the perspective that writing systems and texts are part of a broader system of transmission of cultural information to the population. This type of analysis will allows us to discuss the degree to which these physical records are necessary to the transmission of socializing messages and to what extent they are symbolic referents for a much broader and complex transmission system of socializing information, in which narratives are being transformed constantly. 


 

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Cecilia Brain

University of Western Ontario, Canadá. cbrain@uwo.ca