Manuscrito del aperreamiento (Manuscript of the Dogging): A "Dogging" and Its Implications for Early Colonial Cholula.
The Manuscrito del aperreamiento (Manuscript of the Dogging), from Cholula Ca. 1560, presents a graphic image of a dog attacking a bound indigenous priest. Certainly appalling to modern viewers, the work is often seen as an indictment against the Spaniards pictured. In this article, I consider this...
| Publicado en: | Ethnohistory Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 585 - 612 |
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