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Alexandra V. Mendez

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Decoding a Cross-Cultural Codex

The Florentine Codex is a manifestation of what Latin America is today: a blend of indigenous, European, African, and global voices that creates new forms of expression.

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Old Gods' Tales, New Reading

The excerpt tells how the heroic god Quetzalcóatl braves the underworld and the dual gods who reign there.

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My Jaguar: Nickname and Nahual

For many Mesoamericans the jaguar was more than just a symbol; it was the crux of their identities.

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Sifting the Ashes of an Older American Dream

This was a different America—the original America, the forgotten America, now strange.

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