Writer
Alexandra V. Mendez
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Decoding a Cross-Cultural Codex
By Alexandra V. Mendez •
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
By Alexandra V. Mendez •
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
By Alexandra V. Mendez •
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
By Alexandra V. Mendez •
This was a different America—the original America, the forgotten America, now strange.