Humor and Laughter Among the Pre-Hispanic Nahua: The Rabbit, the Navel and the Jester Ruler by Brylak, Agnieszka

Humor and Laughter Among the Pre-Hispanic Nahua: The Rabbit, the Navel and the Jester Ruler (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004745155)

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Humor and Laughter Among the Pre-Hispanic Nahua: The Rabbit, the Navel and the Jester Ruler by Brylak, Agnieszka

Humor and Laughter Among the Pre-Hispanic Nahua: The Rabbit, the Navel and the Jester Ruler

$119.00
Humor and Laughter Among the Pre-Hispanic Nahua: The Rabbit, the Navel and the Jester Ruler by Brylak, Agnieszka

Humor and Laughter Among the Pre-Hispanic Nahua: The Rabbit, the Navel and the Jester Ruler

$119.00
Format: Hardcover
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What made the Nahua laugh? This book dives into colonial-era Nahuatl and Spanish sources to uncover the roles of humor and laughter in pre-Hispanic Central Mexico, offering a lively and original look at an often-overlooked dimension of Mesoamerican culture. From ritual clowns and sacred jokes to satirical songs and political mockery, laughter emerges as a powerful tool in religion, community life, and resistance. Drawing on lesser-known documents and on familiar texts viewed through a fresh interpretive lens, this volume reveals how the Nahua used humor to engage with the divine, critique power, and shape collective memory.

Author: Agnieszka Brylak
ISBN-10: 9004745157
ISBN-13: 9789004745155
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 12/18/2025
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.88d
By Agnieszka Brylak
By Agnieszka Brylak
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Agnieszka Brylak, Ph.D. (2015), University of Warsaw, is a cultural historian and philologist at that university, specializing in pre-Hispanic and early colonial Nahua culture and religion. She has published articles on Mesoamerican studies and produced critical translations of colonial Nahuatl texts.

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