Sins of Excess
The Spatial Politics of Idolatry and Magic in Colonial Mexico
$140.19
- Hardcover
216 pages
- Release Date
21 July 2025
Summary
For the Spanish colonizers of Mexico in the sixteenth century, the concept of ‘excess’ - even the word itself - covered a multitude of sins, including idolatry and magic. In Sins of Excess, Anderson Hagler uses the language of excess as a lens for examining how the colonizers of New Spain conflated cultural diversity into a superficially - and usefully - homogeneous whole under the pejorative umbrella of excess in its many forms. In this way, Hagler suggests, deploying excess and its derivati…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780806195636 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0806195630 |
| Author: | Anderson Hagler |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Imprint: | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 21 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“An original and fascinating study. The stories it tells, the interrogation of sources, and the broader analysis of excess, sorcery, and homosexuality - all come together to produce an intellectually exciting book.” - Martin Austin Nesvig, author of Promiscuous Power: An Unorthodox History of New Spain
“Sins of Excess examines documents from extremely diverse areas of New Spain, ranging from the far north to Guatemala, and builds on the work of many historians in a strikingly original manner. Its groundbreaking approach is rich of analysis.” - Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, author of The Origins of Macho: Men and Masculinity in Colonial Mexico
About The Author
Anderson Hagler
Anderson Hagler is Assistant Professor of World Religions and Cultures at Western Michigan University. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles.
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