{"product_id":"words-made-flesh-language-body-and-conversion-in-colonial-latin-america-9781512828467","title":"Words Made Flesh: Language, Body, and Conversion in Colonial Latin America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the role of the body in Indigenous-language religious texts from colonial Latin America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWords Made Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e examines the role played by corporeality in a series of missionary linguistic and poetic projects from Brazil, Peru, and Mexico in early colonial Latin America. Caroline Egan analyzes how works produced in Indigenous languages for the purpose of evangelization were shaped by and, in turn, transformed native understandings of embodiment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEgan follows the trajectories of specific understudied words in the colonial corpus, tracing their usage through grammars, dictionaries, doctrinal translations, and hymns in Tupi, Quechua, and Nahuatl. These words, however, might not be the first to come to mind when thinking about missionary projects in the colonial world--such as God and trinity, heaven and hell, angel and demon. Instead, the book examines words like the Tupi \u003ci\u003eîuká \u003c\/i\u003e(to kill) and \u003ci\u003emanõ \u003c\/i\u003e(to die); the Quechua \u003ci\u003esunqu \u003c\/i\u003e(now often translated as \"heart\"); and the Nahuatl \u003ci\u003echōca \u003c\/i\u003e(to weep), \u003ci\u003ecuīca \u003c\/i\u003e(to sing), and \u003ci\u003eihuinti \u003c\/i\u003e(to get drunk). With complementary emphases on regional specificity and comparative ramifications, \u003ci\u003eWords Made Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the changing fortunes of these words speak to significant areas of dialogue and debate between Indigenous communities and missionary writers in the late sixteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Egan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Early Modern Americas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781512828467","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45011336986761,"sku":"9781512828467","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_93a296b1-5bb6-4d44-9770-b781800d94b3.jpg?v=1764743830","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/words-made-flesh-language-body-and-conversion-in-colonial-latin-america-9781512828467","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}