Contents
Lists of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Landa Conundrum
Part I: The Account
Part II: Essays
1. The Maya of Yucatan and the Spanish Invasions
2. Landa’s Life and the Franciscans in Yucatan
3. The History of the Account and Maya Studies
4. Landa’s Intellectual Roots, Sources, and Informants
5. Gender and the Account as a Colonialist Reverie
6. The Nature of the Account: Its Irregularities and the Mystery of Its Copyists
7. The Nature of the Account: Its Visual Components and a Conclusion
Bibliography of References
Index