Quetzalcóatl and Guadalupe : the formation of Mexican national consciousness, 1531-1813 / Jacques Lafaye ; with a foreword by Octavío Paz ; translated by Benjamin Keen.

Author: Lafaye, Jacques.

Edition Statement:Paperback edition.

ImprintChicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987.

Imprint1976.

Descriptionxxx, 336 pages ; 23 cm

Note:Translation of Quetzalcóatl et Guadalupe.

Note:A historian's profession of faith -- Part 1. New Spain from the conquest to independence (1521-1821) -- Brothers and enemies: Spaniards and Creoles -- Irreconcilable enemies: Indians, mestizos, mulattoes -- The Inquisition and the pagan underground -- The Indian, a spiritual problem (1524-1648) -- The Creole utopia of the "Indian Spring" (1604-1700) -- The spiritual emancipation (1728-1759) -- The holy war (1767-1821) -- Part 2. Quetzalcóatl, or the phoenix bird -- The first Franciscans -- The genesis of the Creole myth -- Saint Thomas-Quetzalcóatl, apostle of Mexico -- Epilogue: the "four hundred" modern Quetzalcóatls -- Part 3. Guadalupe, or the new epiphany -- Holy Mary and Tonantzin -- The infancy of Guadalupe -- The dispute of the apparations -- Guadalupe, a Mexican national emblem -- Epilogue: Guadalupe today -- Perspectives.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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